| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1986 |
| Authors: | S. A. Smith, Bickham, J. W., Schlitter, D. A. |
| Journal: | Ann. Carn. Mus. |
| Volume: | 55 |
| Pagination: | 125-136 |
| Date Published: | 1986 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Cameroon, Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae, Chaerephon ansorgei, Chiroptera, chromosomes, cytogenetics, evolution, Fledermäuse, karyotypes, Mammalia, Molossidae, Mops brachypterus, Mops demonstrator, Mops midas, Mops nanulus, Mops petersoni, Mops spurrelli, Mops thersites, phylogeny, Somalia, speciation, species richness, systematics, taxonomy |
| Abstract: | Standard karyotypic data are reported for 11 species of mollossid bats collected from Somalia and Cameroun, Africa. Chromosomal data are reported for the first time for Chaerephon ansorgei, C. aloysiisabaudiae, Mops midas, M. spurrelli, M. thersites, M. brachypterus, M. petersoni, M. demonstrator, and M. nanulus (all were formerly members of the genus Tadarida) Karyotypes for two of the species we examined have been reported previously. Although our data corroborate the karyotype of C. pumila described by Dulic and Mutere (1973), our karyotypic analysis of M. condylurus differs substantially from that presented by these authors. In addition to these data, we provide a summary of the available karyotypic data for molossid bats studied to date. |