@article {4060, title = {Geographic variation and taxonomy of Rousettus aegyptiacus (Mammalia: Megachiroptera) in the islands of the Gulf of Guinea}, journal = {Zool. J. Linn. Soc.}, volume = {107}, number = {2}, year = {1993}, month = {1993c}, pages = {117-129}, abstract = {The systematic status of the Rousettus aegyptiacus populations of the oceanic islands of Pr{\'{\i}ncipe and S{\~a}o Tom{\'e} in the Gulf of Guinea (West Africa) is examined. These populations present noticeable phenetic differences between themselves as well as among the R. a. unicolor populations of Gulf of Guinea continental coast and those of Bioco island. The differences found justify the description of new subspecies on the two islands. In spite of the differences among the insular subspecies, these share some features that, at least partially, suggest the existence of a common evolutionary history.}, keywords = {Africa, allopatric, Chiroptera, endemic, evolution, Faunistik, Gulf of Guinea, island biogeography, morphology, Pr{\'{\i}ncipe, Pteropodidae, Rousettus aegyptiacus princeps ssp. nov., Rousettus aegyptiacus tomensis ssp. nov., Rousettus aegyptiacus unicolor, S{\~a}o Tom{\'e}, speciation, species richness, sympatric, systematics, taxonomy}, url = {Juste \& Ib{\'a}nez 1993c.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00217.x}, author = {Juste B., J. and Ib{\'a}{\~n}ez, C.} }