A cryptic new species of miniopterus from south-eastern africa based on molecular and morphological characters

Zootaxa

Volumn 3746, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-142

  Monadjem, Ara ^a,b   Goodman, Steven ^c   Stanley, William ^c   Appleton, Belinda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Miniopterus; Molecular genetics; Morphometrics; Mozambique; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CYTOCHROMES B; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84890454137     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.5     Document Type: Article

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