| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1982 |
| Authors: | M. B. Qumsiyeh, Schlitter D. A. |
| Journal: | Ann. Carn. Mus. |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Pagination: | 377-389 |
| Date Published: | 1982 |
| Keywords: | Chiroptera, distribution, Faunistik, Fledermäuse, Libya, Mammalia, Miniopteridae, Miniopterus schreibersii, Molossidae, morphology, North Africa, Nyctalus lasiopterus, Pipistrellus kuhlii, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Plecotus austriacus, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus clivosus, Rhinolophus mehelyi, species richness, systematics, Tadarida teniotis, taxonomy, Vespertilionidae |
| Abstract: | Fifty nine specimens of bats representing eight species in three families are reported from the region of Jabal Al Akhdar in northeastern Libya. Nyctalus lasiopterus is reported for the first time from Africa, while Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Miniopterus schreibersii and Tadarida teniotis are new additions to the fauna of Libya. Rhinolophus clivosus, R. mehelyi, Pipistrellus kuhlii and Plecotus austriacus are additional distributional records from Libya. Taxonomic comments are given. Although distinctive, the bat fauna of Jabal Al Akhdar is considered of Mediterranean origin and includes taxa seemingly closely associated with those from south-central Europe rather than the Eastern Mediterranean and Maghreb regions. |