Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon
Author
Mongombe, Aaron Manga
Department of Biological Sciences; Faculty of Science; University of Maroua, Cameroon, P. O. Box 814, Maroua (Cameroon) mangajes @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
mangajes@gmail.com
Author
Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo
Department of Biological Sciences; Faculty of Science; University of Maroua, Cameroon, P. O. Box 814, Maroua (Cameroon) filsbkw 27 @ gmail. com
Author
Tamesse, Joseph Lebel
Department of Biological sciences, Higher Teacher’s Training College, University of Yaoundé I, P. O Box 812, Yaoundé (Cameroon) jltamesse @ yahoo. fr
jltamesse@yahoo.fr
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Zoosystema
2020
2020-09-24
42
24
483
514
journal article
9780
10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a24
01351e5b-e27f-4b12-aa0f-ab91055f8af7
1638-9387
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4369E104-E14C-4436-9B57-6C38A6AEBE65
Parahypsugo eisentrauti
(
Hill, 1968
)
(
Table 3
)
Pipistrellus eisentrauti
Hill, 1968: 45
.
COMMON NAMES. — English: Eisentraut’s Pipistrelle. French: Pipistrelle d’Eisentraut.
MATERIAL
EXAMINED. —
5 specimens
(including original data).
Other localities of
Cameroon
•
2 specimens
;
Mount Kupe
;
4°48’05”N
,
9°42’29”E
;
1078 m
;
30.XI.1966
;
Martin Eisentraut
leg.; ZFMK 1950.0198; ZFMK 1968.0006
•
2 specimens
;
Dikume-Balue
;
4°14’42”N
,
9°29’36”E
;
1100 m
;
18.II.1967
;
Martin Eisentraut
leg.; ZFMK 1950.0498; ZFMK 1968.0005
.
ORIGINAL DATA. — A single male (
Table 1
) was caught at the ecotone between montane forest and montane grassland at an altitude of
2130 m
a.s.l. This species has previously been referred to as
Hypsugo eisentrauti
(
Hill, 1968
)
and it was recorded from Mount
Cameroon
by
Eisentraut (1968)
as
Pipistrellus eisentrauti
.
The new generic name is based on recent molecular and morphological results by
Hutterer
et al.
(2019)
.
Fedden & MacLeod (1986)
mist-netted a total of 22 individuals in the montane forest of Mount
Cameroon
.
DIAGNOSIS. — The species is very small with a forearm length of
35.4 mm
. The pelage is reddish-brown dorsally and slightly paler ventrally. The anterior upper premolar is visible above gum. The wings and interfemoral membrane are also reddish-brown. External measurements are presented in
Table 3.
HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is probably restricted to the
Cameroon
Highlands, where it has been recorded on Mount
Cameroon
, Rumpi Highlands, and Mount Kupe by Eisentraut (
Hill 1968
). It is distributed principally in montane and submontane habitat from
750 m
to
2235 m
(
Van Cakenberghe & Happold 2013
).