Bat Diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the Description of a New White-Winged Vespertilionid

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 255-282

  Decher, Jan ^a   Hoffmann, Anke ^b   Schaer, Juliane ^b,c   Norris, Ryan W ^d   Kadjo, Blaise ^e   Astrin, Jonas ^a   Monadjem, Ara ^f,g   Hutterer, Rainer ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; bat diversity; Conservation; Guinea; molecular systematics; monophyly; morphology; Neoromicia

Indexed keywords

BAT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

GUINEA;

VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 84974539806     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003     Document Type: Article

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