A review of the bat fauna of the Comoro archipelago

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-141

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Weyeneth, Nicole ^c   Ibrahim, Yahaya ^d   Sad, Ishaka ^b   Ruedi, Manuel ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Vahatra ^*  (Comoros)

^c MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^d CNDRS   (Comoros)

Author keywords

Checklist; Chiroptera; Comoro Archipelago; Endemics; Genetics; Morphology; Occurrence

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

COMOROS; MADAGASCAR;

CHAEREPHON; CHIROPTERA; LEUCOGASTER; MINIOPTERUS; MOPS; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; MYOTIS; PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII; ROUSETTUS OBLIVIOSUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 77953240194     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X504635     Document Type: Review

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