Miniopterus (schreibersii) villiersi Aellen, 1956, 1837

Monadjem, Ara, Richards, Leigh & Denys, Christiane, 2016, An African bat hotspot: the exceptional importance of Mount Nimba for bat diversity, Acta Chiropterologica 18 (2), pp. 359-375 : 371

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.2.005
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4341769
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD87F4-3F7D-6D48-FF41-F9FFFF23F874
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Miniopterus (schreibersii) villiersi Aellen, 1956
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Miniopterus (schreibersii) villiersi Aellen, 1956 View in CoL

This species was not previously recorded from Mt Nimba. During this survey, it was recorded from 460 m to 900 m a.s.l., and was roosting in old mine adits on Mt Gangra and Mt Yuelliton, adjacent to Mt Nimba, on the Liberian side. The taxon villiersi may represent a distinct species restricted to the Upper Guinea forest zone ( Fahr et al., 2006).