A new species of Barbastella (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from north China

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1393-1403

  Zhang, Jin Shuo ^a   Han, Nai Jian ^a   Jones, Gareth ^b   Lin, Liang Kong ^c   Zhang, Jun Peng ^a   Zhu, Guan Jian ^d   Huang, Da Wei ^a   Zhang, Shu Yi ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Barbastella; China; Molecular phytogeny; Morphology; New species

Indexed keywords

BAT; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SICHUAN; TAIWAN;

BARBASTELLA; BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; BARBASTELLA LEUCOMELAS; CHIROPTERA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 37549024200     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-114R2.1     Document Type: Article

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