Miniopterus inflatus Thomas 1903
| Autor: | Bates, Paul J. J., Cameron, Kenneth, Pearch, Malcolm J., Hayes, Benjamin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.4332337 |
| Popis: | Miniopterus inflatus Thomas, 1903 Greater long-fingered bat Miniopterus inflatus Thomas, 1903: 634; Efulen, Cameroons (= Cameroon). New material HZM.19.40182, ♂, HZM.20.40183, ♀, 30 July, 2012 and HZM.21.40184, ♀, HZM.22.40185, ♂, 3 August, 2012, Lebayi Cave, Lekoumou, 2°42.045’S, 13°35.968’E. These are the first authenticated records for Congo, although it was reported previously by Anciaux de Faveaux (1971) but without details (Appendix I). According to Happold and Happold (2013), this species is thought to be uncommon throughout its range. Description With a forearm length of 45.4–48.8 mm (Table 2), this species is typical of the genus in having the second phalanx of the third digit greatly elongated (37.0– 38.8 mm, n = 4). The interfemoral and wing membranes and the pelage, above and below, are dark. However, the face and especially the lower part of each inner ear and tragus are almost white. The tragus is tall, straight-sided, with a rounded tip, and a small indication of a basal lobe (Fig. 8I). The skull is characteristically large with a greatest length of 16.42–17.16 mm (Table 3). The braincase is greatly inflated and is sharply elevated above the small, flattened rostrum. The first upper incisor (I 2) has a broad, tricuspid crown; the second (I 3) is unicuspid with a well developed cingulum. The first upper premolar (P 2) is well developed and between half and two-thirds the crown area of the second premolar (P 4). The first and second lower premolars (P 2, P 3) are equal in size and about half the crown area and height of the third (P 4). Despite dissecting the penis, no baculum was found; this agrees with Krutzsch (2000: 105) who also reported the absence of a baculum in Miniopterus. Taxonomic notes The taxonomy of African Miniopterus is in need of revision, for example to determine the distinction between M. inflatus and M. schreibersii (Simmons, 2005). Following Happold and Happold (2013), the new records from Congo are referred to M. i. inflatus. Published as part of Bates, Paul J. J., Cameron, Kenneth, Pearch, Malcolm J. & Hayes, Benjamin, 2013, A review of the bats (Chiroptera) of the Republic of Congo, including eight species new to the country, pp. 313-340 in Acta Chiropterologica 15 (2) on pages 329-330, DOI: 10.3161/150811013X678955, http://zenodo.org/record/3943563 {"references":["ANCIAUX DE FAVEAUX, M. 1971. Catalogue des Acariens parasites et commensaux des Chiropteres. Troisieme partie: Tableaux de hotes et de leurs parasites. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Documents de Travail, 7: 92 - 327.","HAPPOLD, M., and D. C. D. HAPPOLD (eds.). 2013. Mammals of Africa Volume IV: Hedgehogs, shrews, and bats. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 800 pp.","KRUTZSCH, P. H. 2000. Anatomy, physiology and cyclicity of the male reproductive tract. Pp. 91 - 156, in Reproductive biology of bats (E. G. CRICHTON and P. H. KRUTZSCH, eds.). Academic Press, London, 522 pp.","SIMMONS, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312 - 529, in Mammals species of the World (D. E. WILSON and D. M. REEDER, eds). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2142 pp."]} |
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