An integrative approach to characterize Malagasy bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821, with the description of a new species of Hypsugo

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 988-1018

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Rakotondramanana, Claude Fabienne ^b   Ramasindrazana, Beza ^b,c   Kearney, Teresa ^d,e   Monadjem, Ara ^f,g   Schoeman, M Corrie ^h   Taylor, Peter J ⁱ   Naughton, Kate ^j   Appleton, Belinda ^k  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c Centre de Recherche et de Veille Sur Les Maladies Emergentes Dans l'Océan Indien   (France)

^d DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^j MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^k DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Africa; Bacula; Bioacoustics; Cranial; Dental; Madagascar; Morphology; Neoromicia; Phylogeny; Pipistrellus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HYPSUGO; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS HESPERIDUS; VESPERTILIONINAE;

EID: 84925326089     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12223     Document Type: Article

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