High diversity of pipistrelloid bats (Vespertilionidae: Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus) in a West African rainforest with the description of a new species

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 191-207

  Monadjem, Ara ^a   Richards, Leigh ^b   Taylor, Peter J ^c   Stoffberg, Samantha ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Baculum; COI; Cranial morphometrics; Liberia; Phylogeny; Tragus

Indexed keywords

BACULUM; HYPSUGO; NIMBA; PIPISTRELLUS; TRAGUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 84872539028     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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