Morphological and molecular assessment of the specific status of Mops midas (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Madagascar and Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-253

  Ratrimomanarivo, Fanja H ^a,b   Vivian, Jessica ^c   Goodman, Steven M ^b,d   Lamb, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Chiroptera; Geographic variation; Madagascar; Mops midas

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BAT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; MOPS MIDAS;

EID: 35748952487     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[237:MAMAOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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