| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1996 |
| Authors: | J. J. B., Machordom, A., Ibáñez, C. |
| Journal: | Biochemical Systematics and Ecology |
| Volume: | 24 |
| Pagination: | 499-508 |
| Date Published: | 1996 |
| Keywords: | Africa, allopatric, Chiroptera, distribution, endemic, Equatorial Guinea, evolution, genetics, Gulf of Guinea, island biogeography, Mammalia, phylogeny, Pr{\'ıncipe, Pteropodidae, Rousettus aegyptiacus princeps, Rousettus aegyptiacus tomensis, Rousettus aegyptiacus unicolor, São Tomé, speciation, systematics, taxonomy |
| Abstract: | Genetic variation among the populations of Rousettus egyptiacus from the islands of the Gulf of Guinea (Bioko, Pr{\'ıncipe and São Tomé) and two other continental populations of R. egyptiacus, (R{\'ıo Muni and Guinea Conakry) was studied in order to evaluate their systematic and evolutionary relationships. Insular and mainland populations had similar levels of genetic variation. The data support the subspecific assignment of the São Tomé and Pr{\'ıncipe populations of R. egyptiacus. |