Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for "n. cf. melckorum"

Zootaxa

Volumn 4236, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 351-374

  Goodman, Steven M ^a   Kearney, Teresa ^b,c   Ratsimbazafy, Malalatiana Michele ^d   Hassanin, Alexandre ^d  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Molecular genetics; Morphology; Neoromicia; New species; Southern Africa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BAT; BAYES THEOREM; MALAWI; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHIROPTERA; MALAWI; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 85015393656     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.10     Document Type: Article

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