A new species of Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from peninsular Malaysia

A new species of small Kerivoula is described from peninsular Malaysia. It is similar in size and form to Kerivoula hardwickii Miller 1898 or K. intermediaHill and Francis 1984, but is distinguished by its distinctive colouration — dorsal fur has extensive black bases with shiny golden tips, ventral...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta chiropterologica 2007-04, Vol.9 (1), p.1-12
Hauptverfasser:	Francis, Charles M, Kingston, Tigga, Zubaid, Akbar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Chiroptera DNA barcode Kerivoula Malaysia new species Vespertilionidae
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Zusammenfassung:	A new species of small Kerivoula is described from peninsular Malaysia. It is similar in size and form to Kerivoula hardwickii Miller 1898 or K. intermediaHill and Francis 1984, but is distinguished by its distinctive colouration — dorsal fur has extensive black bases with shiny golden tips, ventral fur has dark grey bases with whitish-buff tips — as well as several characters of dentition and skull shape. Sequence analysis of the first 648 base pairs of cytochrome oxidase I gene (DNA barcode) indicates a divergence of at least 11% from all other species of Kerivoula, a difference comparable to that between other species of Kerivoula.
ISSN:	1508-1109 1733-5329 1733-5329 1508-1109
DOI:	10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[1:ANSOKC]2.0.CO;2