A new species of long-eared bat (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Sardinia (Italy)

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-135

  Mucedda, Mauro ^a   Kiefer, Andreas ^b   Pidinchedda, Ermanno ^a   Veith, Michael ^b  

^a Centro per lo Studio e la Protezione dei Pipistrelli in Sardegna   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Conservation; DNA sequence analysis; Long cared bat; Morphology; Plecotus auritus; Plecotus austriacus; Plecotus sp. nov.; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BAT; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

BACULUM; CHIROPTERA; PLECOTUS; PLECOTUS AURITUS; PLECOTUS AUSTRIACUS; PLECOTUS SARDUS; TRAGUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0036970207     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/001.004.0202     Document Type: Article

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