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A new species of vespertilionid bat from Taiwan and a revision of the taxonomic status of Arielulus and Thainycteris (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

Gábor Csorba  and
Line-Ling Lee
Gábor Csorba
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13 Hungary
Line-Ling Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Abstract

On morphological and chromosomal grounds Pipistrellus (Arielulus) subgenus is elevated to generic rank and the recently described genus Thainycteris has been synonymized with Arielulus. Besides this taxonomic revision, a new species of bat Arielulus torquatus is described from the central mountains of Taiwan which differs from its congeners chiefly by its size and colouration.

Keywords

taxonomyArielulusThainycterisnew speciesTaiwan
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 248 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 361 - 367
Copyright
© 1999 The Zoological Society of London

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