| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1993 |
| Authors: | J. J. B., Ibáñez C. |
| Journal: | J. Mamm. |
| Volume: | 74 |
| Pagination: | 901-907 |
| Date Published: | 1993a |
| Keywords: | Africa, Chaerephon gallagheri, Chaerephon johorensis, Chaerephon pumilus, Chaerephon tomensis sp. nov., Chiroptera, Congo (Kinshasa), Emballonuridae, endemic, evolution, Faunistik, Fledermäuse, Gulf of Guinea, island biogeography, Malaysia, Mammalia, Molossidae, São Tomé, speciation, species richness, sympatric, systematics, Taphozous mauritianus, taxonomy, zoogeography |
| Abstract: | We describe a population of the genus Tadarida (Molossidae) from São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea, West Africa), as a new species based on cranial and interaural-membrane morphology shown in three specimens. These features are shared only with T. (Chaerephon) gallagheri from Zaire and, in part, with T. (C.) johorensis from the Malayan Peninsula, two species that appear to be the closest allies. The families Molossidae (the new species and T. (C.) pumila) and Emballonuridae (Taphozous mauritianus) are recorded for the first time, for the island of São Tomé. |