A new species of Mops (Molossidae) from Pemba Island, Tanzania

Stanley, William T.

doi:10.3161/150811008x414773

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“…In one case, C. leucogaster was found occurring in the same day roost building as Mormopterus jugularis (Peters, 1865). The individuals of C. leucogaster from Pemba used in this study were taken in a similar setting -in the attic of a single-story hospital with a false ceiling and co-occurring with a recently described species of Mops (Stanley, 2008).…”

Section: Aspects Of the Natural History Of C Leucogaster On Madagascmentioning

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Geographic and Phylogeographic Variation inChaerephon leucogaster(Chiroptera: Molossidae) of Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean Islands of Mayotte and Pemba

Ratrimomanarivo

Stanley

Naidoo

et al. 2009

Acta Chiropterologica

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Section: Aspects Of the Natural History Of C Leucogaster On Madagascmentioning

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Geographic and Phylogeographic Variation inChaerephon leucogaster(Chiroptera: Molossidae) of Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean Islands of Mayotte and Pemba

Ratrimomanarivo

Stanley

Naidoo

et al. 2009

Acta Chiropterologica

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“…In contrast, the canines of Mops nanulus, M. spurrelli, and M. thersites are robust and are very wide and long. They reach the lateral margin of the rostrum in frontal view and the tip of the canine reaches the ventral margin of the mandible in lateral view (Stanley (2008) refers to these types of canines as "stout" in M. bakarii). In Antrozous and Lasiurus, the canines are of regular length and width.…”

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Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data

Gregorin

Cirranello

2015

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Molossidae is a large (roughly 100 species) pantropically distributed clade of swift aerially insectivorous bats for which the phylogeny remains relatively unknown and little studied compared with other speciose groups of bats. We investigated phylogenetic relationships among 62 species, representing all extant molossid genera and most of the subgenera, using 102 morphological characters from the skull, dentition, postcrania, external morphology, tongue, and penis, based on direct observation and literature reports. Both parsimony and Bayesian analyses were used in phylogenetic reconstruction. Our analysis supports two main clades of molossids, both of which mingle Old World and New World taxa. One clade is comprised of Mormopterus,Platymops, Sauromys, Neoplatymops, Molossops, Cynomops, Cheiromeles, Molossus, and Promops. The other clade includes Tadarida, Otomops, Nyctinomops, Eumops, Chaerephon, and Mops. The position of Myopterus with respect to these two groups is unclear. As in other recent analyses, we find that several genera do not appear to be monophyletic (e.g. Tadarida, Chaerephon, and Molossops sensu lato). We recommend that the subgenera of Molossops sensu lato and Austronomus be recognized at the generic level. We conclude that much more data are needed to investigate lower level problems (generic monophyly and relationships within genera) and to resolve the higher‐level branching pattern of the family.

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“…The bat fauna of Africa is relatively poorly known (Monadjem et al ., ), with new species continuing to be described (Stanley, ; Taylor et al ., 2012). This poor state of knowledge is particularly true of West Africa where even checklists are often not available.…”

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High diversity of pipistrelloid bats (Vespertilionidae:Hypsugo,Neoromicia, andPipistrellus) in a West African rainforest with the description of a new species

Monadjem

Richards²,

Taylor

et al. 2013

Zool J Linn Soc

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The pipistrelloid bats (genera Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus) of Africa have been poorly studied, partly as a result of problems associated with species identification. This paper examines the diversity of pipistrelloid bats from Mount Nimba, a biodiversity hotspot in the Upper Guinean rainforest zone. Traditional morphometrics, the structure of the baculum, and sequences of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene were used to identify taxa. Species richness was exceptionally high and included at least ten taxa identifiable on molecular grounds. Of these, existing names could be assigned to six taxa. A seventh taxon was described as a species new to science, Neoromicia roseveari sp. nov., and was distinguished on molecular grounds, craniodental morphology, and baculum structure. The remaining taxa may refer to as-yet undescribed species but we lacked sufficient material to formally describe them here. The high species richness of pipistrelloid bats on Mount Nimba may be associated with the transition zone from lowland rainforest to moist savannah.

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A new species of Mops (Molossidae) from Pemba Island, Tanzania

Cited by 448 publications

References 9 publications

Geographic and Phylogeographic Variation inChaerephon leucogaster(Chiroptera: Molossidae) of Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean Islands of Mayotte and Pemba

Geographic and Phylogeographic Variation inChaerephon leucogaster(Chiroptera: Molossidae) of Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean Islands of Mayotte and Pemba

Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data

High diversity of pipistrelloid bats (Vespertilionidae:Hypsugo,Neoromicia, andPipistrellus) in a West African rainforest with the description of a new species

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