| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1994 |
| Authors: | V. Van Cakenberghe, De Vree F. |
| Journal: | Senckenbergiana biol. |
| Volume: | 73 |
| Pagination: | 1-24 |
| Date Published: | 1994 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Arabia, Asia, Chiroptera, Erstbeschreibung, evolution, Fledermäuse, Mammalia, morphology, revision, Rhinopoma hardwickii, Rhinopoma hardwickii sondaicum ssp. nov., Rhinopoma macinnesi, Rhinopoma microphyllum, Rhinopoma muscatellum, Rhinopomatidae, speciation, species richness, Sunda Islands, systematics, taxonomy, zoogeography |
| Abstract: | The bat family Rhinopomatidae Dobson 1872 only contains a single genus: Rhinopoma Geoffroy 1813, which can be subdivided into four species: R. microphyllum (Brünnich 1782), R. hardwickei Gray 1831, R. muscatellum Thomas 1903 and R. macinnesi Hayman 1937. This conclusion is based on a biometrical study of 15 skull and 14 external measurements on approximately 1150 specimens. In addition six morphological characters were evaluated. In R. microphyllum four subspecies are retained, whereas only two subspecies are recognized in R. muscatellum and none for R. macinnesi. In addition to the three already known subspecies of R. hardwickei, a new one from the Sunda archipelago is described. |