Generic status of the American pipistrelles (vespertilionidae) with description of a new genus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 981-992

  Hoofer, Steven R ^a   Van Den Bussche, Ronald A ^b   Horáček, Ivan ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

12S ribosomal RNA; Classification; Cytochrome b; Morphology; Perimyotis subflavus; Phylogenetics; Pipistrellus hesperus; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; DATA SET; GENETIC STRUCTURE; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY;

PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS HESPERUS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33746808858     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-425R1.1     Document Type: Article

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