Specific status of populations in the mascarene islands referred to Mormopterus acetabulosus (chiroptera: molossidae), with description of a new species

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1316-1327

  Goodman, S M ^a,b   Jansen Van Vuuren, B ^c   Ratrimomanarivo, F ^b,d   Probst, J M ^e   Bowie, R C K ^c,f  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Vahatra   (Madagascar)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^e Nature et Patrimoine   (Reunion)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; La r union; Mauritius; Molossidae; Mormopterus; New species

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; ISLAND; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

CHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; MORMOPTERUS; MORMOPTERUS ACETABULOSUS;

EID: 55249095580     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-232.1     Document Type: Article

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