Description of a new species of the Miniopterus aelleni group (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from upland areas of central and northern Madagascar

Zootaxa

Volumn 3936, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 538-558

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Ramasindrazana, Beza ^b,c,d,e   Naughton, Kate M ^f   Appleton, Belinda ^g,h  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION VAHATRA   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

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

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Humid formation forest; Molecular genetics; Montane; Morphology; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MINIOPTERUS; TRAGUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84930698785     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.4     Document Type: Article

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