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The description of a new species of Myzopoda (Myzopodidae: Chiroptera) from western Madagascar

Beschreibung einer neuen Art von Myzopoda (Myzopodidae: Chiroptera) von West-Madagaskar

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A new species of Myzopoda (Myzopodidae), an endemic family to Madagascar that was previously considered to be monospecific, is described. This new species, M. schliemanni, occurs in the dry western forests of the isLand and is notably different in pelage coLoration, external measurements and cranial characters from M. aurita, the previously described species, from the humid eastern forests. Aspects of the biogeography of Myzopoda and its apparent close association with the plant Ravenala madagascariensis (Family Strelitziaceae) are discussed in light of possible speciation mechanisms that gave rise to eastern and western species.

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Die Myzopodidae, eine endemische Familie von Fledermäusen auf Madagaskar, galt bisher als monospezifisch. In Madagaskar wurde eine neue Art, M. schliemanni, gefunden. Diese Art aus den Trockenwäldern West-Madagaskars unterscheidet sich in der Fellfärbung, externen morphologischen MaXen und Schädelmerkmalen von M. auritaist aus den, der bisher einzig beschriebenen Art der Familie. Myzopoda aurita ist aus den immergrünen Regenwäldern des Ostens Madagaskars bekannt. Biogeographische Muster der Verteilung von Myzopoda und ihre enge Assoziation mit dem “Baum des Reisenden (Ravenala madagascariensis; Strelitziaceae)” werden in Zusammenhang mit Speziationsmechanismen diskutiert, die zur Entstehung der westlichen und östlichen Art beigetragen haben.

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    S. M. Goodman, F. Rakotondraparany & A. Kofoky

  2. WWF, Ecology Training Program, BP 738, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar

    S. M. Goodman, F. Rakotondraparany & A. Kofoky

  3. Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Universite’ d’Antananarivo, B.P. 906, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar

    F. Rakotondraparany

  4. Madagasikara Voakajy, B.P. 5181, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar

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Goodman, S.M., Rakotondraparany, F. & Kofoky, A. The description of a new species of Myzopoda (Myzopodidae: Chiroptera) from western Madagascar. Mamm Biol 72, 65–81 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2006.08.001

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