| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1988 |
| Authors: | L. W. Robbins, Sarich V. M. |
| Journal: | J. Mamm. |
| Volume: | 69 |
| Pagination: | 1-13 |
| Date Published: | 1988 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Balantiopteryx plicata, Centronycteris maximiliani, Chiroptera, Coleura afra, Congo (Kinshasa), Diclidurus albus, Egypt, Emballonura beccarii, Emballonura furax, Emballonura nigrescens, Emballonuridae, Kenya, Peronymus leucopterus, Peropteryx kappleri, Peropteryx macrotis, phylogeny, Rhynchonycteris naso, Saccolaimus peli, Saccopteryx bilineata, Saccopteryx canescens, Saccopteryx leptura, Taphozous mauritianus, Taphozous nudiventris, Zimbabwe |
| Abstract: | Protein electrophoresis and immunology were used to test hypotheses concerning phylogenetic relationships within the family Emballonuridae and the relationship of the family Rhinopomatidae to the Emballonuridae. These data indicate the presence of three major subdivisions within the family. The eight genera from the New World form one monophyletic group, the Old World genera Taphozous and Saccolaimus form the second, and Emballonura and Coleura the third. The Emballonura-Coleura lineage is more closely related to the New World genera than to the other Old World group. The family Rhinopomatidae was found to be distantly related to both the Emballonuridae and the Vespertilionidae. |