A new species of Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from lowland southeastern Madagascar

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-213

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Bradman, Helen M ^c   Maminirina, Claudette P ^b,d   Ryan, Kate E ^c   Christidis, Les L ^c,e   Appleton, Belinda ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Vahatra   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^e AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Miniopteridae; Miniopterus; new species

Indexed keywords

BAT; DRY FOREST; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CHIROPTERA; MINIOPTERUS;

EID: 41649086288     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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