Cryptic lineages of little free-tailed bats, Chaerephon pumilus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southern Africa and the western indian Ocean Islands

African Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-70

  Taylor, Peter John ^a   Lamb, Jennifer ^b   Reddy, Devendran ^b   Naidoo, Theshnie ^b   Ratrimomanarivo, Fanja ^c   Goodman, Steven M ^c,d  

^a Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Vahatra   (Madagascar)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Cytochrome b; DNA D loop; Mitochondrial; Morphometrics; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BAT; CRANIUM; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA; DURBAN; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWAZILAND;

CHAEREPHON PUMILA; CHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE;

EID: 67249124915     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.044.0106     Document Type: Article

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