| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1991 |
| Authors: | R. J. Dowsett, Harrison, D. L., Granjon, L. |
| Journal: | Tauraco Research Report |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Pagination: | 251-263 |
| Date Published: | 1991 |
| Keywords: | [Chaerephon pumilus] Tadarida pumila, Central Africa, Chiroptera, Congo (Brazzaville), distribution, Epomops franqueti, Faunistik, Fledermäuse, Gabon, Hipposideridae, Hipposideros caffer, Hipposideros cyclops, Megaloglossus woermanni, Micropteropus pusillus, Molossidae, morphology, Myonycteris torquata, Nycteridae, Nycteris arge, Nycteris grandis, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus alcyone, Rhinolophus landeri, Rhinolophus silvestris, Rousettus aegyptiacus, Scotonycteris ophiodon [sp. nov.], Scotonycteris zenkeri, Verbreitung |
| Abstract: | A collection of 80 specimens of bats (of 14 species) is described from the lower Kouilou and Mayombe (Congo). Two species are new to the Congo fauna (Rhinolophus alcyone, Hipposideros cyclops) and a third (Scotonycteris ophiodon) is one of the rarest African bats. Four other species have apparently not previously been reported from the Mayombe. Interesting skull characters are described in some Megachiroptera (Scotonycteris, Megaloglossus). Breeding data are presented and species’ distributions discussed. Reference is made to the other species of bats reported elsewhere in Congo, and a checklist presented of the 34 species known to date. |