| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Authors: | L. A. Lavrenchenko, Kruskop, S. V., Morozov, P. N. |
| Journal: | Bonn. zool. Beitr. |
| Volume: | 52 |
| Pagination: | 127-147 |
| Date Published: | 2004a |
| Keywords: | [Rousettus] Stenonycteris lanosus, Cardioderma cor, Chaerephon pumila [pumilus], checklist, Chiroptera, distribution, Epomophorus gambianus, Ethiopia, Glauconycteris variegata, Hipposideridae, Hipposideros caffer, Hipposideros ruber, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Hypsugo sp., Laephotis wintoni, Lavia frons, Lissonycteris angolensis, Megadermatidae, Micropteropus pusillus, Miniopteridae, Miniopterus africanus, Miniopterus natalensis, Molossidae, Mops nanulus, morphometrics, Myonycteris torquata, Myotis scotti, Myotis welwitschii, Neoromicia capensis, Neoromicia cf. guineensis, Northeast Africa, Nycteridae, Nycteris hispida, Nycteris macrotis, Nycteris thebaica, Pipistrellus aero, Pipistrellus hesperidus, Pipistrellus rusticus, Plecotus balensis, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus clivosus, Rousettus aegyptiacus, Scotophilus dinganii, Triaenops persicus [afer], Vespertilionidae |
| Abstract: | New records are reported for 30 species of Ethiopian bats collected by the Joint Ethiopian-Russian Biological Expedition. Myonycteris torquata and Pipistrellus aero are recorded for the first time from Ethiopia. Principal new localities are reported for ten species, including Stenonycteris lanosus, Lissonycteris angolensis, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Micropteropus pusillus, Nycteris thebaica, Triaenops persicus, Myotis scotti, M. welwitschii, Pipistrellus rusticus and Laephotis wintoni. Selected external and cranial measurements, information on habitat associations and reproduction are given for most species. Generally, the local faunas of Microchiroptera of Ethiopian montane forests are impoverished. Nevertheless, both of the only known endemic species, Myotis scotti and Plecotus balensis, being putative derivatives of Palaearctic lineages, inhabit this environment. A checklist of 77 bat species known to date from the territory of Ethiopia is provided in the Appendix. |