Miniopterus cf. minor Peters, 1867

Mongombe, Aaron Manga, Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo & Tamesse, Joseph Lebel, 2020, Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon, Zoosystema 42 (24), pp. 483-514 : 506

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a24

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4338061

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scientific name

Miniopterus cf. minor Peters, 1867
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Miniopterus cf. minor Peters, 1867 View in CoL

( Fig. 18 View FIG , Table 3 View TABLE )

Miniopterus minor Peters, 1867: 870. View in CoL

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 11 specimens (see Table 1 View TABLE ).

ORIGINAL DATA. — A total of 11 individuals attributed to this species were obtained from a cave at an altitude of 1400 m a.s.l. during our field surveys.

DIAGNOSIS. — The species has a forearm length of 41.0- 44.9 mm ( Table 3 View TABLE ), and possesses features typical of the genus in having a dome-shaped forehead ( Fig. 18 View FIG ), and a second phalanx of third finger which is greatly elongated and folds back completely on metacarpals and first phalanx when at rest. The pelage is brownish dorsally and a paler brown ventrally. The interfemoral and wing membranes are brownish. The skull is characteristically large with a greatest length of 13.9-16.5 mm ( Table 3 View TABLE ), other external measurements are presented in Table 3. View TABLE

REMARK. — The genus Miniopterus has a number of cryptic species with two listed to occur in Cameroon by Happold & Happold (2013): Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) and Miniopterus fraterculus Thomas and Schwann, 1906 . But Miniopterus schreibersii schreibersii is restricted to northern Africa ( ACR 2018), while Miniopterus fraterculus in endemic to South Africa and Swaziland ( Monadjem et al. 2010). Miniopterus minor Peters, 1867 has been recorded in isolated localities of central and eastern Africa ( ACR 2018). Therefore further molecular investigations are required to clarify the taxonomic status of the species present in Cameroon.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Miniopteridae

Genus

Miniopterus

Loc

Miniopterus cf. minor Peters, 1867

Mongombe, Aaron Manga, Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo & Tamesse, Joseph Lebel 2020
2020
Loc

Miniopterus minor

Miniopterus minor Peters, 1867: 870.
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