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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Morphological, bioacoustical, and genetic variation in Miniopterus bats from eastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species
Zootaxa, No. 2880, Year 2011
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Description
Recent molecular genetic work, combined with morphological comparisons, of Malagasy members of the bat genus Miniopterus (Family Miniopteridae), has revealed several cryptic species. Based on new specimens and associated tissues, we examine patterns of variation in the recently described species M. petersoni, the holotype of which comes from extreme southeastern Madagascar, and for which specimens from more northerly portions of eastern Madagascar were noted to show some morphological divergence from typical M. petersoni. On the basis of morphological and genetic (cytochrome b) characters we described a new species, M. egeri sp. nov. This taxon also shows bioacoustical differences from M. petersoni. Miniopterus egeri is widely distributed in the eastern portion of Madagascar across an elevational range from near sea level to 550 m. The specific status of moderately small Miniopterus from Montagne d'Ambre in the far north remains to be determined. Copyright © 2011 Magnolia Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Goodman, Steven Michael
United States, Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Vahatra
Ramasindrazana, Beza
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Vahatra
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Université D'antananarivo
Maminirina, Claudette Patricia
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Vahatra
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Université D'antananarivo
Schoeman, M. Corrie
South Africa, Durban
School of Biological and Conservation Sciences
Appleton, B.
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Statistics
Citations: 34
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.2880.1.1
ISSN:
11755326
e-ISSN:
11755334
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Madagascar