Specimen records referred to Miniopterus majori Thomas, 1906 (Chiroptera) from the Comoros Islands
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Abstract
Miniopterus majori, named from specimens collected in the Central Highlands of Madagascar, is generally considered a bat of higher elevations and its known day roosts include caves and rock shelters. A series of 15 specimens collected by Léon Humblot in the Comoros Islands (Grande Comore) in the late 19th century are the only known records of this taxon outside Madagascar. We compared specimens of M. majori from Madagascar (Central Highlands) to those from Grande Comore and concluded that they are similar and best considered conspecific, based on morphological and cranial characters. No evidence of M. majori was found during a recent extensive survey of Grande Comore, with the majority of caves on the island known to hold bats visited. It is proposed that the locality information of the Humblot specimens is incorrect and that they were collected on Madagascar.
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- Contents volume 71 (2007)
- Author index volume 71 (2007)
- Genus/species index volume 71 (2007)
- Subject index volume 71 (2007)
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Meetings
- Specimen records referred to Miniopterus majori Thomas, 1906 (Chiroptera) from the Comoros Islands
- Distribution, abundance and conservation status of the eastern Taiwan Strait population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis
- Reproduction of the dusky fruit bat Penthetor lucasi (Pteropodidae) in Brunei, Borneo
- Description of a new subspecies of Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804), inhabiting the coastal waters of the Kerguelen Islands
- New records of the Asiatic short-tailed shrew Blarinella griselda (Soricidae) from Vietnam
- Activity patterns of European ground squirrels (Spermophilus citellus) in a cultivated field in northern Greece
- First evidence of the occurrence of the Pygmy white-toothed shrew, Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822), on the island of Lipari, Aeolian archipelago (Italy)
- Book reviews
- Contents volume 71 (2007)
- Author index volume 71 (2007)
- Genus/species index volume 71 (2007)
- Subject index volume 71 (2007)
