| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Authors: | S. M. Goodman |
| Journal: | Fieldiana: Zoology n.s. |
| Volume: | 94 |
| Pagination: | 251-257 |
| Date Published: | 1999 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae, Hipposideros commersonii, Madagascar, Miniopteridae, Miniopterus manavi, Molossidae, Mormopterus jugularis, Myotis goudoti, Pteropodidae, Rousettus madagascariensis, Vespertilionidae |
| Abstract: | Four bat species were collected in the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d’Andohahela: Rousettus madagascariensis, Miniopterus manavi, Mormopterus jugularis, and Myotis goudoti. With the exception of Mormopterus, all were obtained in the humid forest portions of the reserve (parcel 1); Mormopterus was netted in an area of spiny bush vegetation (parcel 2). The humid forest species are broadly distributed across the island and occur in both forested and disturbed areas. An analysis of the forest-dwelling bat faunas known from several eastern humid forest sites indicates that species richness is low and that there is little change in the community across this region, which covers about 12° of latitude. |