Karyology of five species of bats (Vespertilionidae, Hipposideridae, and Nycteridae) from Gabon with comments on the taxonomy of Glauconycteris

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Series: Occasional papers / Museum of Texas Tech University, no. 295

By

Porter, Calvin A.
Texas Tech University. Museum,
Texas Tech University. Natural Science Research Laboratory.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Lubbock, TX, Museum of Texas Tech University, [2010]

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Caption title.

"Texas Tech University, Natural Science Research Laboratory."

"6 July 2010."

The authors karyotyped five species of bats from Gabon. Glauconycteris beatrix and G. poensis both have an all-biarmed 2n = 22 karyotype, consistent with the recognition of Glauconycteris as a genus distinct from Chalinolobus. One specimen of Hipposideros caffer had a 2n = 32 karyotype similar to that published for this species from other areas in Africa. We report a 2n = 52 karyotype for Hipposideros gigas which is identical to that found in H. vittatus. The slit-faced bat Nycteris grandis has a 2n = 42 karyotype similar to that known in other species of Nycteris.

Subjects

Bats , Chalinolobus , Classification , Gabon , Genetics , Nycteridae , Vespertilionidae

Call Number

AS36 .T4955 NO.295

Classification

599.4

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156992
OCLC: 724578132
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q109807363