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A systematic review of kerivoula gray, 1842 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Kerivoulinae) from Thailand
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Douangboubpha, Bounsavane |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | A systematic study of the genus Kerivoula Gray, 1842 from Thailand was undertaken based on morphology, acoustics and genetics. Seven species, K. papillosa, K. kachinensis, K. hardwickii, K. titania, K. pellucida, K. krauensis and K. minuta, were included in the study. One, K. krauensis, is recorded for the first time from the country. Two other species, K. picta and K. whiteheadi, which had been recorded previously from the country were not available to examine for the present study. The results of morphological and genetic analyses show that the bats in this genus consist of several species complexes, including the K. papillosa complex, the K. hardwickii complex and the K. titania complex. Acoustic analysis indicates that echolocation call characters are significantly different between species, although, there is considerably overlap in each parameter among species. A detailed study of the K. papillosa species complex, based on data from throughout South-east Asia, indicated that it includes three distinct species, of which one is referable to an undescribed species, Kerivoula spA. The other two are K. papillosa and K. malayana respectively The results also show that specimens previously referred to K. lenis from the Sundaic Subregion are discrete from those from India and are here considered as an undescribed species, Kerivoula spB. In case of the K. hardwickii species complex, both morphological and genetic analysis show that the bats previously referred to K. hardwickii consist of several cryptic species, which are divided into two type, 'domed-skull' type and 'flat-skull type. The specimens with a 'domed-skull' type are here considered referable to K. hardwickii, which is itself an apparant species complex. Those with the 'flat-skull' type are referred to the K. depressa complex, which also appears to include several cryptic species. More data are required to analyse these latter two complexes in detail. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://kb.psu.ac.th/psukb/bitstream/2010/10036/1/391222.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
