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Mammals of Mafia Island, Tanzania

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Published/Copyright: October 13, 2009
Mammalia
From the journal Volume 73 Issue 4

Abstract

Mafia Island is the third largest island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, and one of the only two localities where fruit bats of the genus Pteropus Brisson 1762 live in Tanzania. Even though the island is famous for this mammalian resident, there is very little known about the mammalian fauna in general on Mafia. We present collected information about the mammals of Mafia based on historical records and recent biotic surveys, and list a total of 30 species recorded from the island, three of which are reported here for the first time. With the exception of Pteropus, the fauna of Mafia is much like that of the nearby mainland of Tanzania.

Keywords: bats; Mafia; mammals; Pteropus; Tanzania
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Published Online: 2009-10-13
Published in Print: 2009-12-01

©2009 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York

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https://doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2009.046
Keywords for this article
bats; Mafia; mammals; Pteropus; Tanzania

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Original Studies
  2. Diversity of Palaearctic chipmunks (Tamias, Sciuridae)
  3. Size variation in the Northern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus: latitudinal cline and the island rule
  4. Expansion range of the golden jackal in Hungary between 1997 and 2006
  5. Distribution of the hantavirus reservoir Oligoryzomys nigripes in Argentina: choosing spatial models for the actual and potential distribution of the black-footed colilargo
  6. Molecular systematics of the Chinese Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) inferred from cytochrome-b sequences
  7. Distribution of spiny tree mouse (Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth, 1859) in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India
  8. Mammals of Mafia Island, Tanzania
  9. Roost selection and home range of an African insectivorous bat Nycteris thebaica (Chiroptera, Nycteridae)
  10. Short Notes
  11. Comfort movements evolve into ritualized displays in the African elephant
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  21. Genus/species index volume 73 (2009)
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  23. Meeting announcements
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