| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1995 |
| Authors: | K. - G. Heller, Volleth, M., Kock, D. |
| Journal: | Senckenbergiana biol. |
| Volume: | 74 |
| Pagination: | 1-8 |
| Date Published: | 1995 [for 1994] |
| Keywords: | [Pipistrellus bellieri] Hypsugo crassulus bellieri, [Pipistrellus sp. nov.] Hypsugo eisentrauti, [Pipistrellus] Hypsugo crassulus, Africa, Cameroon, Chiroptera, Congo (Kinshasa), Faunistik, Fledermäuse, Glauconycteris beatrix, Glauconycteris humeralis [beatrix], Glauconycteris poensis, Ivory Coast, morphology, Pipistrellus, Rwanda, species richness, systematics, taxonomy, Vespertilionidae, zoogeography |
| Abstract: | Three species of rare vespertilionid bats were recorded in 1990 in the Kivu region (Rwanda and Zaire): Hypsugo eisentrauti (new for Rwanda), Hypsugo crassulus (additionally new for Ivory Coast) and Glauconycteris beatrix. The West African H. eisentrauti bellieri, according to the holotype skull and skin studied, is to be removed from H. eisentrauti and very probably represents a western subspecies of H. crassulus. Of all three species and some further Glauconycteris sp. bacula are illustrated and for both Hypsugo species distribution maps are given. The taxonomic status of G. beatrix, G. poensis (1st record from Cameroon) and G. humeralis is discussed. |