| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Authors: | J. Decher, Schlitter, D. A., Hutterer, R. |
| Journal: | Ann. Carn. Mus. |
| Volume: | 66 |
| Pagination: | 209-227 |
| Date Published: | 1997 |
| Keywords: | [Neoromicia] Eptesicus capensis, [Neoromicia] Eptesicus guineensis, biogeography, Chiroptera, Dahomey Gap, ecology, Faunistik, Fledermäuse, Glauconycteris variegata, habitat preferences, Hipposideridae, Hipposideros abae, Mammalia, Molossidae, morphology, Myotis bocagei, Nycticeinops schlieffeni, Otomops martiensseni, Pipistrellus aegyptius, Pipistrellus nanulus, Scotoecus albofuscus, species richness, systematics, taxonomy, Vegetation, Vespertilionidae, West Africa, zoogeography |
| Abstract: | In this paper we describe new or additional records of four species of shrews (Soricidae), nine species of bats (Hipposideridae, Vespertilionidae, Molossidae), and one species of rodent (Muridae) from Ghana. These records add to our knowledge of the distribution of small mammals in Ghana especially those occurring on the Accra Plains. A zoogeographic explanation for these distributional data is sought in the context of the Dahomey Gap phenomenon. |