| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1988 |
| Authors: | D. C. D. Happold, Happold, M., J. Hill, E. |
| Journal: | Mammalia |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Pagination: | 337-414 |
| Date Published: | 1988 [for 1987] |
| Keywords: | [Chaerephon pumilus] Tadarida pumila, [Mops condylurus] Tadarida condylura, [Mops] Tadarida midas, [Neoromicia nana] Pipistrellus nanus, [Neoromicia] Eptesicus capensis, [Neoromicia] Eptesicus melckorum, [Neoromicia] Eptesicus rendalli, [Neoromicia] Eptesicus zuluensis, [Nycticeinops] Nycticeius schlieffenii, behaviour, biodiversity, biogeography, Chiroptera, communities, ecology, Eidolon helvum, Emballonuridae, Epomophorus crypturus, Epomophorus minor, Epomophorus wahlbergi, Epomops dobsoni, Eptesicus hottentotus, Faunistik, Fledermäuse, Glauconycteris argentata, Glauconycteris variegata, habitat preferences, Hipposideridae, Hipposideros caffer, Hipposideros commersoni [vittatus], Hipposideros ruber, Kerivoula argentata, Kerivoula harrisoni, Laephotis botswanae, Lavia frons, Mammalia, Megadermatidae, Miniopteridae, Miniopterus fraterculus, Miniopterus schreibersii, Molossidae, Myotis bocagei, Myotis tricolor, Myotis welwitschii, Nycteridae, Nycteris grandis, Nycteris hispida, Nycteris macrotis, Nycteris thebaica, Nycteris woodi, Otomops martiensseni, Pipistrellus kuhlii [hesperidus], Pipistrellus rueppellii, Pipistrellus rusticus, predation, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus blasii, Rhinolophus clivosus, Rhinolophus darlingi, Rhinolophus fumigatus, Rhinolophus hildebrandtii, Rhinolophus landeri, Rhinolophus simulator, Rousettus aegyptiacus, Scotoecus albigula, Scotoecus albofuscus, Scotoecus hindei [hirundo], Scotophilus dinganii, Scotophilus nigrita, Scotophilus viridis, Southern Africa, species richness, systematics, Tadarida fulminans, Tadarida ventralis, Taphozous mauritianus, taxonomy, Vegetation, Vespertilionidae, zoogeography |
| Abstract: | This paper gives an account of the 55 species of bats currently known to occur in Malawi. Six species are recorded for the first time, together with 86 new species-locality records which increase the records for Malawi (Africa) by approximately 44 percent. Data were obtained from 1489 specimens (36 species) collected from 13 localities by DCDH and MH (August 1984 to June 1985), and museum specimens in Malawi. The account of each species includes measurements, localities, and brief notes on distribution, status, habitat, domiciles, and behaviour. The bat faunas of Malawi and 13 other African countries are compared to reveal patterns and trends in the zoogeography and geographical ecology of the bats of Malawi.
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| URL: | Happold et al. 1988.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1987.51.3.337 |
