Taxonomy of little bent-winged bats (Miniopterus, Miniopteridae) from the African islands of São Tomé, Grand Comoro and Madagascar, based on mtDNA

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-37

  Juste, Javier ^a   Ferrández, Almudena ^a   Fa, John E ^b   Masefield, Will ^b   Ibáñez, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Chiroptera; Cytochrome b; Island evolution; Molecular differentiation phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BAT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CHIROPTERA; MINIOPTERUS; MINIOPTERUS MINOR;

EID: 34548488951     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[27:TOLBBM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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