Taxonomy of rhinolophus yunanensis dobson, 1872 (chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) with a description of a new species from Thailand

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-246

  Wu, Yi ^a   Harada, Masashi ^b   Motokawa, Masaharu ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Karyotype; Morphology; New species; Rhinolophus; Taxonomy; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BAT; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CHINA; SICHUAN; THAILAND; YUNNAN;

CHIROPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS YUNANENSIS;

EID: 77249146597     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811009X485486     Document Type: Article

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