| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1980 |
| Authors: | M. W. Haiduk, Robbins, L. W., Robbins, R. L., Schlitter, D. A. |
| Journal: | Ann. Carn. Mus. |
| Volume: | 49 |
| Pagination: | 181-191 |
| Date Published: | 1980 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Chiroptera, chromosomes, cytogenetics, Epomops, evolution, Hypsignathus, karyotypes, Lissonycteris, Mammalia, Megaloglossus, Micropteropus, morphology, Myonycteris, phylogeny, Pteropodidae, Scotonycteris, speciation, systematics, taxonomy |
| Abstract: | {Karyotypes of 7 spp. of megachiropterans from Africa are described. Epomops franqueti, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Lissonycteris angolensis and Myonycteris torquata have a 2n = 36 and karyotypes that are similar to each other in morphology. Micropteropus pusillus (2n = 35) is similar to the above 4, but possesses what appears to be an X/Y1Y2 sex-determining system. Scotonycteris ophiodon (2n = 34, FN (fundamental number) = 62) and Megaloglossus woermanni (2n = 34 |