Small mammals of Togo and Benin. I. Chiroptera

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1980
Authors:C. B. Robbins
Journal:Mammalia
Volume:44
Pagination:83-88
Date Published:1980
Keywords:[Chaerephon pumilus] Tadarida pumila, [Chaerephon] Tadarida major, [Chaerephon] Tadarida nigeriae, [Glauconycteris] Chalinolobus poensis, [Glauconycteris] Chalinolobus variegata, [Mops condylurus] Tadarida condylura, [Mops nanulus] Tadarida nanula, [Neoromicia nana] Pipistrellus nanus, [Neoromicia] Eptesicus capensis, [Neoromicia] Eptesicus guineensis, [Neoromicia] Eptesicus rendalli, [Nycticeinops schlieffenii] Nycticeius schlieffeni, Benin, biodiversity, Chiroptera, Eidolon helvum, Emballonuridae, Epomophorus gambianus, Epomops franqueti strepitans, Faunistik, Fledermäuse, Hipposideridae, Hipposideros caffer tephrus, Hipposideros commersoni gigas, Hipposideros cyclops, Hipposideros ruber guineensis, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Lavia frons, Lissonycteris angolensis smithi, Mammalia, Megadermatidae, Micropteropus pusillus, Molossidae, morphology, Nycteridae, Nycteris gambiensis, Nycteris grandis, Nycteris hispida, Nycteris macrotis, Nycteris major [N. macrotis], Nycteris thebaica, Pipistrellus inexspectatus, Pipistrellus nanulus, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus fumigatus, Rhinolophus landeri, Scotoecus albofuscus, Scotoecus hirundo, Scotophilus dinganii, Scotophilus leucogaster, Scotophilus nigritellus, species richness, systematics, Taphozous mauritianus, Taphozous nudiventris, taxonomy, Togo, Vespertilionidae, West Africa, zoogeography
Abstract:

Bats collected by members of the Smithsonian African Mammal Project in Togo and Benin are listed. Three species reported are new for Togo (Hypsignathus monstrosus, Taphozous nudiventris and Tadarida nigeriae). This list includes the 1st account given for the bat fauna of Benin (Nycteris major, N. thebaica, Pipistrellus inexspectatus, Eptesicus guineensis, Scotoecus albofuscus, S. hirundo, Scotophilus leucogaster and Tadarida nanula). Problems regarding taxonomic determinations in Scotoecus and nomenclatural problems concerning species of Scotophilus are discussed.
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