A new species of Micronycteris (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Saint Vincent, Lesser Antilles

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 687-700

  Larsen, Peter A ^a   Siles, Lizette ^a   Pedersen, Scott C ^b   Kwiecinski, Gary G ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Caribbean; Cytochrome b; Micronycteris; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BAT; BODY SIZE; CYTOCHROME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

CHIROPTERA; MACROTUS; MICRONYCTERIS; MICRONYCTERIS MEGALOTIS; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 80053598566     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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