Geographic and phylogeographic variation in Chaerephon leucogaster (Chiroptera: Molossidae) of Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte and Pemba

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-52

  Ratrimomanarivo, Fanja H ^a,b   Goodman, Steven M ^b,c   Stanley, William T ^c   Naidoo, Theshnie ^d   Taylor, Peter J ^b   Lamb, Jennifer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b Field Museum of Natural History ^*  (South Africa)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chaerephon leucogaster; Genetic variation; Geographic variation; Madagascar; Mayotte; Pemba

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BODY SIZE; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; COMOROS; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MAYOTTE; PEMBA ISLAND; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; CHAEREPHON; CHIROPTERA; LEUCOGASTER; MOLOSSIDAE;

EID: 68149148725     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811009X465677     Document Type: Article

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