| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1996 |
| Authors: | S. M. Goodman |
| Journal: | Fieldiana: Zoology n.s. |
| Pagination: | 284-288 |
| Date Published: | 1996 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Chiroptera, distribution, ecology, Faunistik, habitat preferences, Hipposideridae, Hipposideros commersonii, Madagascar, Mammalia, Miniopteridae, Miniopterus minor, morphology, Myotis goudoti, Pteropodidae, reproduction, Rousettus madagascariensis, species richness, systematics, taxonomy, Vespertilionidae |
| Abstract: | Four bat species were recorded in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d’Andringitra: Rousettus madagascariensis, Hipposideros commersoni, Myotis goudoti, and Miniopterus minor. The greatest species richness was at 720 and 810 m. Evidence was found that Myotis and Miniopterus occupy the same day-roosts. There was also the indication that Miniopterus minor has synchronized breeding and delayed embryonic development. |