Unravelling the taxonomic status of the genus Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Sri Lanka by multivariate morphometrics and mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 321-337

  Mapatuna, Yasantha ^a,b   Gunasekera, Maya B ^a,b   Rathnasooriya, W D ^a,b   Goonesekere, N C W ^a,b   Bates, Paul J J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Harrison Zoological Museum   (United Kingdom)

^c Harrison Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cynopterus; Cytochrome b; Morphometrics; mtDNA; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BAT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

SRI LANKA;

CHIROPTERA; CYNOPTERUS; CYNOPTERUS BRACHYOTIS; CYNOPTERUS BROCHYOTIS; CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 0036913791     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00049     Document Type: Article

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