An African bat hotspot: the exceptional importance of Mount Nimba for bat diversity
Author
Monadjem, Ara
All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland & Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 20, Pretoria, South Africa & Hipposideros lamottei & Corresponding author: E-mail: ara @ uniswa. sz
ara@uniswa.sz
Author
Richards, Leigh
Durban Natural Science Museum, P. O. Box 4085, Durban, South Africa
Author
Denys, Christiane
UMR 7205, CNRS, MNHN, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris VI, Institut de Systématique et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
text
Acta Chiropterologica
2016
2016-12-01
18
2
359
375
journal article
21454
10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.2.005
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1733-5329
3942481
Hypsugo
sp.
This undescribed species is only known from a single specimen collected on
27 December 2011
at
1,400 m
a.s.l. in forested habitat in Liberian
Nimba
. It was referred to as
Neoromicia
sp. 1 by Monadjem
et al
. (2013
a
) due to the absence of an enlarged anterior premolar in the upper jaw.
Decher
et al
. (2015)
reported on four new specimens collected in the Simandou Range, confirming its specific distinction, and suggested that it belongs in the genus
Hypsugo
. The species is currently being described (R. Hutterer, personal comunication).