Rhinolophus lepidus, Blyth, 1844

Wu, Yi, Motokawa, Masaharu, Li, Yu-Chun, Harada, Masashi, Chen, Zhong & Lin, Liang-Kong, 2009, Karyology of eight species of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Hainan Island, China, International Journal of Biological Sciences 5 (7), pp. 659-666 : 660

This is the first karyotype description for

Rhinolophus lepidus ,

which is widely distributed in Asia from Afghanistan to China, as well as in Sumatra [ 26]. The karyotype of R. lepidus from Hainan Island was 2n = 62 and FN = 60 ( Fig. 1 ), consisting of 30 medium-sized to small acrocentric autosomal pairs, a large subtelocentric X chromosome, and a small acrocentric Y chromosome. Secondary constrictions were detected adjacent to one pair of medium-sized acrocentric chromosomes.

Figures

Figure 1 Conventional (A), G-banding (B), and C-banding karyotypes of Rhinolophus lepidus from Hainan Island, China. Secondary constrictions are indicated by arrows.