Description of a new bat species of the tribe Scotonycterini (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) from southwestern Cameroon

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-142

  Hassanin, Alexandre ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Casinycteris campomaanensis sp. nov.; Fruit bat; Scotonycteris ophiodon; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

BAT; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOCHROME; FEMALE; NATIONAL PARK; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; VILLAGE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; CAMEROON; CASINYCTERIS CAMPOMAANENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EYE; FEMALE; GENE; GENUS; HEAD; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NATIONAL PARK; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAPHYLY; SKIN APPENDAGE;

CAMEROON; CAMPO MAAN; SUD PROVINCE;

CASINYCTERIS; CASINYCTERIS ARGYNNIS; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; SCOTONYCTERIS; SCOTONYCTERIS OPHIODON; SCOTONYCTERIS ZENKERI;

CAMEROON; CAMEROUN; CASINYCTERIS CAMPOMAANENSIS SP. NOV.; CHAUVE-SOURIS FRUGIVORE; FRUIT BAT; SCOTONYCTERIS OPHIODON; TAXONOMIE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEROON; CHIROPTERA; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HEAD; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

EID: 84896726499     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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