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Portrait of Myotis nimbaensis (AMNH 279589, holotype). A, View of right side of upper body and head showing the pale ventral fur and bright orange fur on the head and the ruff around the neck; also note the brown color of the thumb. B, Anterior view of the left ear showing the pale orange-brown color of the pinna, strong distal emargination, and rounded pinna tip. C, Anterior view of right ear showing the ridges in the pinna and the relative length of the lanceolate tragus, which is slightly less than half the length of the pinna. D, Close-up view of the right side of the head showing the pale skin visible through the fur around eye, mouth, and on the rostrum; also note the strongly tricolored fur on the top of the head." captionText-1="FIGURE 4. Fur color and banding in Myotis nimbaensis (AMNH 279589, holotype). A, View of the dorsal fur showing the overall bright orange coloration; creamy white bands on the hairs proximal to the bright orange fur tips are visible on the lower right near the leg where the fur has been somewhat disturbed. B, Close-up of dorsal fur over the lower back showing tricolored fur in a spot on the center left where the fur has been slightly teased apart; where the fur is undisturbed, the banding of individual hairs is not visible. C, dorsal fur over lower back clearly showing the tricolored banding in an area where the fur has been separated by blowing. D, Ventral fur over torso showing overall paler coloration than dorsal fur, and tricolored banding of the hairs with less orange at the tips. E, Ventral fur over left side of the thorax showing bicolored banding (lack of a black basal band) near the wing membrane." captionText-2="FIGURE 5. Coloration of the wing membranes in Myotis nimbaensis (AMNH 279589, holotype). A, Dorsal surface of the wing showing the dichromatic black and orange skin coloration. The plagiopatagium and dactylopagial membranes are mostly black with thin orange bands along the metacarpals, phalanges, and forearm; the black pigmentation also extends nearly to the body wall in the area between the forearm and the hind leg. The propatagium is pale orange. B, Dorsal surface of the anterior and proximal portion of the wing showing the patterning of the black pigmentation near the body. C, Dorsal surface of the distal wing showing the brown thumb and orange (not black) pigmentation of the membrane between digits II and III." captionText-3="FIGURE 6. Uropatagium, foot, calcar, and flight membrane attachments in Myotis nimbaensis (AMNH 279589, holotype). A, Dorsal side of the uropatagium showing orangish brown skin with orange fur on the proximal 1/3 of the surface of the membrane. B, Ventral side of uropatagium showing pale cream-colored fur on proximal 1/5 of ventral membrane surface; this fur continues across the femur onto the proximal plagiopatagium in a narrow strip that does not extend past the knee. C, Dorsal view of distal leg, foot, calcar, and associated flight membranes. Note that the wing membrane (on right of the foot) attaches to the foot at the base of the first toe, and the calcar (on the left of the foot) is more than twice the length of the hind foot. D, Close-up of the dorsal surface of the foot showing sparse, long brown hairs on each toe. E, Close-up of the ventral side of foot and toes showing dark brown coloration. F, Ventral view of the hind leg and foot showing the relatively small foot size (foot length = 2/5 of tibia length) and the patterning of black membrane pigmentation near the leg and foot." captionText-4="FIGURE 7. Skull and jaws of Myotis nimbaensis (AMNH 279589, holotype): A, dorsal view of skull; B, ventral view of skull; C, lateral view of skull and lower jaws. (Drawings by Patricia J. Wynne.)" captionText-5="FIGURE 8. Dentition of Myotis nimbaensis (AMNH 279589, holotype): A, lateral view of upper toothrow; B, occlusal view of upper toothrow; C, occlusal view of lower toothrow; D, lateral view of lower toothrow. (Drawings by Patricia J. 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at Kaiser Adit 1 (fig. 2),
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,
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(
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), field number
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. The specimen was preserved whole in formalin and stored in ethanol, and the skull was subsequently extracted and cleaned. A
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wing biopsy tissue sample was collected and stored in desiccant before the DNA was extracted at CIBIO-InBIO, University of Porto, Portugal.
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:
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, an
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collected at the same time and place as the holotype, field number
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. Like the holotype, the paratype was preserved in formalin and stored in ethanol after a
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wing biopsy tissue sample was collected and stored in desiccant before the DNA was extracted. The skull was subsequently extracted and cleaned.
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<paragraph id="0E6B36AC1B55ED11BFFFFBEB151B5BBD" blockId="7.[108,1213,673,1745]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
OTHER RECORDS: In addition to the captures of the
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and
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, we recorded echolocation calls from the male
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on
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. Once its distinctive call parameters were identified, we searched for its echolocation call signature in sound files recorded at the entrances of 10 mine adits between 20182019, including the type locality, within the Nimba Mountains Mining Concession in
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(fig. 1), using Song Meter SM4BAT acoustic detectors (Wildlife Acoustics). Echolocation calls closely matching those recorded from the release calls of the
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were detected at the entrances of a total of five mine adits (fig. 1) with seasonal variation between sites and the highest activity rates recorded at the type locality. While the Nimba Mountains support an exceptionally diverse bat fauna, this is the first
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B55ED11BB0DFABE10F05B17" box="[1134,1211,1346,1371]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Myotis</emphasis>
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species observed using the adits and only the second
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B55ED11BD87FA94177A5BCD" box="[740,817,1384,1409]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Myotis</emphasis>
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species to be recorded across the whole mountain range (
<bibRefCitation id="6A454B5D1B55ED11BEE0FA7016C45BEB" author="Monadjem, A. &amp; L. Richards &amp; C. Denys" box="[387,655,1420,1447]" journalOrPublisher="Acta Chiropterologica" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="359 - 375" part="18" refId="ref15373" refString="Monadjem, A., L. Richards, and C. Denys. 2016. An African bat hotspot: the exceptional importance of Mount Nimba for bat diversity. Acta Chiropterologica 18 (2): 359 - 375." title="An African bat hotspot: the exceptional importance of Mount Nimba for bat diversity" type="journal article" year="2016">Monadjem et al., 2016</bibRefCitation>
). Details of call frequency and structure, as well as comparisons with calls of congeneric species, are provided below in the section entitled Echolocation Calls.
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DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the
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locality and vicinity in the
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.
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<subSubSection id="46CE65271B55ED1EBFFFF9BB17B35F27" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="0E6B36AC1B55ED1EBFFFF9BB17B35F27" blockId="7.[108,1213,673,1745]" lastBlockId="8.[108,1213,225,1746]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
ETYMOLOGY:
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B55ED11BE5EF9B41658582D" box="[317,531,1607,1633]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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(“from
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”) is named in recognition of the mountain range in which it was discovered. As an epithet referring to a place,
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B55ED11BCFBF990105258CA" box="[920,1049,1644,1670]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is spelled the same way whether applied in combination with either a masculine or a feminine genus name.
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argued that
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B55ED11BEB6F9441669589D" box="[469,546,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Myotis</emphasis>
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should be considered feminine in gender, but
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disagreed. Both of these authors overlooked a 1958 ruling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature that fixed the gender of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5AED1EBC24FEFB17DF5F6C" box="[839,916,263,288]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Myotis</emphasis>
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as masculine and placed the name as such on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (
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). So in this case,
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5AED1EBDB5FEAD171C5F27" box="[726,855,337,363]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">nimbaensis</emphasis>
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is masculine.
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DIAGNOSIS AND DESCRIPTION:
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5AED1EBD75FE8416A45FDD" box="[534,751,375,401]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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is diagnosed by a combination of the following characteristics: large size (FA
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, mass 15.517.0 g; table 1) with females apparently somewhat larger than males; dorsal fur bright orange with strongly tricolored hairs (basal 1/3 of hair shaft black, middle 1/3 of shaft creamy white, distal 1/3 and tip bright orange to coppery red); ventral fur paler than dorsal fur, tricolored on belly (black base, buff-colored shaft that grades to orange at tip) grading to bicolored (lacking black base) on the sides near the wing membranes; ruff of brighter fur present around neck; pointed face with pale skin covered with orange fur, skin clearly visible through the fur around eye, mouth, and on rostrum; no black spots present on face; pinna with a rounded tip, relatively long and reaching beyond tip of nose when laid forward; pinna with strong distal emargination; skin of pinna pale orange brown becoming slightly darker near the tip, no rim of black around ear; tragus lanceolate, slightly less than half the length of the pinna; thumb brown; wing membranes strongly dichromatic black and orange, with plagiopatagium and dactylopatagium mostly black with narrow bands of orange along the metacarpals, phalanges, and across the membrane behind the forearm and upper arm; black pigmentation extends medially nearly to body and posteromedially to tibia; membrane between metacarpals I and II pale orange; propatagium pale orange; uropatagium orangish brown with orange fur on the proximal 1/3 of the dorsal surface and pale cream-colored fur on proximal 1/5 of ventral surface; no black spots on patagia; no conspicuous gland present in plagiopatagium behind humerus; pale ventral fur extends onto proximal plagiopatagium in narrow strip along body, does not extend past knee; relatively small foot with length approximately 2/5 of tibia length; foot and toes brown, with sparse long brown hairs on the dorsal surface of each toe; wing membrane essentially naked except close to the body, where it has a sparse covering of cream colored hairs on the ventral surface; wing membrane attaches to foot at base of first toe; calcar long, more than twice the length of the hind foot, runs approximately 2/3 of the length of the uropatagium border; skull large for
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(GLS =
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; CIL =
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; CBL =
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) with globular braincase, well-defined sloping forehead, and elongated supraorbital region all contributing to the appearance of a clearly defined and elongate rostrum; rostrum with shallow medial depression in nasal region; sagittal crest moderately well developed in both sexes; lambdoid crest weakly developed in both sexes; dental formula I2/3, C1/1, P 3/3, M3/3 = 38; I1 and I2 each with a well-developed posterior cusp; upper canine robust, crown height approximately 2
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5AED1EBF19FA0114C0585A" box="[122,139,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">×</emphasis>
that of P4, basal area (as seen in occlusal view) roughly equal to that of P4; anterior two premolars (P2 and P3) much smaller than last premolar (P4); P3 with less than half the basal area of P2 and shifted lingually to be partly excluded from the toothrow although still visible in lateral view; P4 large, sharply pointed, taller than M1; lower incisors each with 4 main cusps; i3 with distal accessory cuspules; p3 relatively large, approximately three quarters the basal area of p2, and fully in line in toothrow, not shifted lingually; lower molars myotodont.
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FIGURE 3. Portrait of
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(AMNH 279589, holotype).
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBC49FC2717095DBF" bold="true" box="[810,834,987,1011]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A,</emphasis>
View of right side of upper body and head showing the pale ventral fur and bright orange fur on the head and the ruff around the neck; also note the brown color of the thumb.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBECDFBEA158F5A62" bold="true" box="[430,452,1046,1070]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">B,</emphasis>
Anterior view of the left ear showing the pale orange-brown color of the pinna, strong distal emargination, and rounded pinna tip.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBDD8FBCF16995A07" bold="true" box="[699,722,1075,1099]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C,</emphasis>
Anterior view of right ear showing the ridges in the pinna and the relative length of the lanceolate tragus, which is slightly less than half the length of the pinna.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBFD7FB9214865ACA" bold="true" box="[180,205,1134,1158]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">D,</emphasis>
Close-up view of the right side of the head showing the pale skin visible through the fur around eye, mouth, and on the rostrum; also note the strongly tricolored fur on the top of the head.
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COMPARISONS: External and craniodental measurements for
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBC08FB1810095AB1" box="[875,1090,1251,1277]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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and other congeneric African species with which it might be confused are provided in table 1. In addition to
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBFA7FAD215245B04" box="[196,367,1326,1352]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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, three other large
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBD28FAD216D15B0B" box="[587,666,1326,1351]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Myotis</emphasis>
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(subgenus
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBC41FAD2178B5B04" box="[802,960,1326,1352]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Chrysopteron</emphasis>
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) species with orange dorsal fur occur in Africa:
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBEA7FAA8160C5B21" box="[452,583,1363,1389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBD39FAA817435B21" box="[602,776,1363,1389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBC30FAA8179C5B21" box="[851,983,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. morrisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Descriptions and measurements of these species can be found in Hill and Morris (1971),
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,
<bibRefCitation id="6A454B5D1B5BED1FBF0FFA62155A5BF4" author="Taylor, P. J." bookContentInfo="206 pp." box="[108,273,1438,1464]" journalOrPublisher="Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref16883" refString="Taylor, P. J. 2000. Bats of southern Africa - guide to biology, identification, and conservation. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press. 206 pp." title="Bats of southern Africa - guide to biology, identification, and conservation" type="book" year="2000">Taylor (2000)</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="6A454B5D1B5BED1FBE37FA6216395BF4" author="Monadjem, A. &amp; P. J. Taylor &amp; W. Cotterill &amp; M. C. Schoeman" bookContentInfo="596 pp." box="[340,626,1438,1464]" journalOrPublisher="Johannesburg: Wits University Press" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref15270" refString="Monadjem, A., P. J. Taylor, W. Cotterill, and M. C. Schoeman. 2010. Bats of Southern and Central Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. 596 pp." title="Bats of Southern and Central Africa" type="book" year="2010">Monadjem et al. (2010)</bibRefCitation>
; the latter work also includes color photographs and echolocation call spectrograms.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBFFFFA15153D584E" box="[156,374,1512,1538]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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can be easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBC6FFA1517C7584E" box="[780,908,1513,1538]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. morrisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the basis of size, with
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBF0FF9F214A7586B" box="[108,236,1550,1575]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. morrisi</emphasis>
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being smaller in all external and craniodental dimensions (table 1). The ventral pelage of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBF82F9C8152A5801" box="[225,353,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. morrisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also different—rather than being tricolored as in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBCBDF9C810C05801" box="[990,1163,1587,1613]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBBF8F9C81489583E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. morrisi</emphasis>
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has unicolored dull cream white ventral fur that is tinged a faint brown on the flanks and chin. The skull and dentition of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBD5DF983168A58D4" box="[574,705,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. morrisi</emphasis>
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is very similar to that of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBB68F98310F758D4" box="[1035,1212,1662,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
although the braincase of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBEC4F958166D58F1" box="[423,550,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. morrisi</emphasis>
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is somewhat more globular and lacks the sagittal crest seen in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5BED1FBFA9F935153C58AE" box="[202,375,1736,1762]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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TABLE 1. Comparative measurements of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B58ED1CBD6AFE0916895C43" box="[521,706,501,527]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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,
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, and related African species. Mass (M) is in grams, all other measurements are in mm; see Materials and Methods for descriptions of measurements. Summary statistics (mean, observed range in parentheses, and sample size) are given for samples that include multiple individuals.
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B58ED1CBE7BFD9415D15C33" box="[280,410,616,639]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B58ED1CBE99FD9416115C33" box="[506,602,616,639]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. morrisi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B58ED1CBCD6FD94105E5C33" box="[949,1045,616,639]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B58ED1CBAC3FD94126B5C33" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[1440,1568,616,639]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="welwitschii">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B58ED1CBAC3FD94126B5C33" box="[1440,1568,616,639]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
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<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FD6B15725CFC" box="[261,313,663,688]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Malea</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFD6B15FD5CFC" box="[365,438,663,688]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Femaleb</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FD6B16115CFC" box="[506,602,663,688]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Femalec</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFD6B17D55CFC" box="[718,926,663,688]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Malesd</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FD6B10B05CFC" box="[1067,1275,663,688]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Femalese</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FD6B11FE5CFC" box="[1411,1461,663,688]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Malef</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFD6B120B5CFC" box="[1528,1600,663,688]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Femaleg</td>
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<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FD36120B5CAD" box="[107,1600,714,737]" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FD3614EC5CAD" box="[107,167,714,737]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FD3615725CAD" box="[261,313,714,737]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">15.5</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFD3615FD5CAD" box="[365,438,714,737]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">17.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FD3616115CAD" box="[506,602,714,737]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFD3617D55CAD" box="[718,926,714,737]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">10.4 (8.512.5) 5</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FD3610B05CAD" box="[1067,1275,714,737]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">10.25 (9.012.0) 4</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FD36120B5CAD" box="[1411,1600,714,737]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FD0C120B5D4B" box="[107,1600,752,775]" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FD0C14EC5D4B" box="[107,167,752,775]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">TL</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FD0C15725D4B" box="[261,313,752,775]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">111.6</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFD0C15FD5D4B" box="[365,438,752,775]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">116.3</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FD0C16115D4B" box="[506,602,752,775]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">93.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFD0C17D55D4B" box="[718,926,752,775]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">108.0 (102.0116.0) 10</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FD0C10B05D4B" box="[1067,1275,752,775]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">112.4 (104.0120.0) 10</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FD0C11FE5D4B" box="[1411,1461,752,775]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"></td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFD0C120B5D4B" box="[1528,1600,752,775]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">120.0</td>
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<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FCE9120B5D60" box="[107,1600,789,812]" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FCE914EC5D60" box="[107,167,789,812]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">LT</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FCE915725D60" box="[261,313,789,812]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">41.4</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFCE915FD5D60" box="[365,438,789,812]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">46.8</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FCE916115D60" box="[506,602,789,812]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">45.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFCE917D55D60" box="[718,926,789,812]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">49.1 (45.053.0) 10</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FCE910B05D60" box="[1067,1275,789,812]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">52.9 (46.061.0) 10</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FCE911FE5D60" box="[1411,1461,789,812]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"></td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFCE9120B5D60" box="[1528,1600,789,812]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">55.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FCC7120B5D1E" box="[107,1600,827,850]" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FCC714EC5D1E" box="[107,167,827,850]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">HF</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FCC715725D1E" box="[261,313,827,850]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">12.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFCC715FD5D1E" box="[365,438,827,850]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">13.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FCC716115D1E" box="[506,602,827,850]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">10.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFCC717D55D1E" box="[718,926,827,850]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">10.3 (9.012.0) 9</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FCC710B05D1E" box="[1067,1275,827,850]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">11.7 (10.013.0) 9</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FCC711FE5D1E" box="[1411,1461,827,850]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"></td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFCC7120B5D1E" box="[1528,1600,827,850]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">10.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FC9D120B5D34" box="[107,1600,865,888]" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FC9D14EC5D34" box="[107,167,865,888]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Ear</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FC9D15725D34" box="[261,313,865,888]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">19.5</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFC9D15FD5D34" box="[365,438,865,888]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">20.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FC9D16115D34" box="[506,602,865,888]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">16.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFC9D17D55D34" box="[718,926,865,888]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">17.8 (15.019.0) 10</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FC9D10B05D34" box="[1067,1275,865,888]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">17.8 (16.019.0) 9</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FC9D11FE5D34" box="[1411,1461,865,888]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"></td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFC9D120B5D34" box="[1528,1600,865,888]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">21.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FC7B120B5DD2" box="[107,1600,903,926]" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FC7B14EC5DD2" box="[107,167,903,926]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">FA</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FC7B15725DD2" box="[261,313,903,926]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">52.4</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFC7B15FD5DD2" box="[365,438,903,926]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">55.2</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FC7B16115DD2" box="[506,602,903,926]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">47.0</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFC7B17D55DD2" box="[718,926,903,926]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">48.7 (46.050.6) 9</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FC7B10B05DD2" box="[1067,1275,903,926]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">50.3 (48.351.6) 10</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FC7B11FE5DD2" box="[1411,1461,903,926]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">58.6</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFC7B120B5DD2" box="[1528,1600,903,926]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">55.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FC51120B5D88" box="[107,1600,941,964]" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FC5114EC5D88" box="[107,167,941,964]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">GLS</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FC5115725D88" box="[261,313,941,964]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">19.48</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFC5115FD5D88" box="[365,438,941,964]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">19.73</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FC5116115D88" box="[506,602,941,964]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">17.01</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFC5117D55D88" box="[718,926,941,964]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">17.72 (17.1118.76) 11</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FC5110B05D88" box="[1067,1275,941,964]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">18.05 (16.9718.63) 13</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FC5111FE5D88" box="[1411,1461,941,964]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">18.94</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFC51120B5D88" box="[1528,1600,941,964]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">19.12</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FC2E120B5DA5" box="[107,1600,978,1001]" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FC2E14EC5DA5" box="[107,167,978,1001]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">CIL</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FC2E15725DA5" box="[261,313,978,1001]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">18.93</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFC2E15FD5DA5" box="[365,438,978,1001]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">18.92</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FC2E16115DA5" box="[506,602,978,1001]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">16.93</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFC2E17D55DA5" box="[718,926,978,1001]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">16.82 (15.9218.07) 10</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FC2E10B05DA5" box="[1067,1275,978,1001]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">17.15 (16.0918.04) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FC2E11FE5DA5" box="[1411,1461,978,1001]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">18.90</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFC2E120B5DA5" box="[1528,1600,978,1001]" gridcol="7" gridrow="9" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">18.60</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FC04120B5A43" box="[107,1600,1016,1039]" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FC0414EC5A43" box="[107,167,1016,1039]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">CBL</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FC0415725A43" box="[261,313,1016,1039]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">18.39</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFC0415FD5A43" box="[365,438,1016,1039]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">18.81</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FC0416115A43" box="[506,602,1016,1039]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">15.90</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFC0417D55A43" box="[718,926,1016,1039]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">16.36 (15.5517.43) 9</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FC0410B05A43" box="[1067,1275,1016,1039]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">16.70 (15.3817.94) 13</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FC0411FE5A43" box="[1411,1461,1016,1039]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">17.87</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFC04120B5A43" box="[1528,1600,1016,1039]" gridcol="7" gridrow="10" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">17.72</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FBE2120B5A79" box="[107,1600,1054,1077]" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FBE214EC5A79" box="[107,167,1054,1077]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">POB</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FBE215725A79" box="[261,313,1054,1077]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">4.75</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFBE215FD5A79" box="[365,438,1054,1077]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">4.65</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FBE216115A79" box="[506,602,1054,1077]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">3.94</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFBE217D55A79" box="[718,926,1054,1077]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">4.38 (3.944.64) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FBE210B05A79" box="[1067,1275,1054,1077]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">4.28 (3.914.46) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FBE211FE5A79" box="[1411,1461,1054,1077]" gridcol="6" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">5.11</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFBE2120B5A79" box="[1528,1600,1054,1077]" gridcol="7" gridrow="11" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">4.84</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FBB8120B5A17" box="[107,1600,1092,1115]" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FBB814EC5A17" box="[107,167,1092,1115]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">BB</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FBB815725A17" box="[261,313,1092,1115]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">9.11</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFBB815FD5A17" box="[365,438,1092,1115]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">9.13</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FBB816115A17" box="[506,602,1092,1115]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.07</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFBB817D55A17" box="[718,926,1092,1115]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.58 (7.848.94) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FBB810B05A17" box="[1067,1275,1092,1115]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.63 (8.428.94) 13</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FBB811FE5A17" box="[1411,1461,1092,1115]" gridcol="6" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">9.33</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFBB8120B5A17" box="[1528,1600,1092,1115]" gridcol="7" gridrow="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.92</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FB96120B5ACD" box="[107,1600,1130,1153]" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FB9614EC5ACD" box="[107,167,1130,1153]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">MB</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FB9615725ACD" box="[261,313,1130,1153]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">9.80</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFB9615FD5ACD" box="[365,438,1130,1153]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">9.86</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FB9616115ACD" box="[506,602,1130,1153]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.62</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFB9617D55ACD" box="[718,926,1130,1153]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">9.14 (8.879.56) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FB9610B05ACD" box="[1067,1275,1130,1153]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">9.31 (9.079.58) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FB9611FE5ACD" box="[1411,1461,1130,1153]" gridcol="6" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">10.22</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFB96120B5ACD" box="[1528,1600,1130,1153]" gridcol="7" gridrow="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">9.62</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FB73120B5AEA" box="[107,1600,1167,1190]" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FB7314EC5AEA" box="[107,167,1167,1190]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">ZB</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FB7315725AEA" box="[261,313,1167,1190]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">12.85</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFB7315FD5AEA" box="[365,438,1167,1190]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">12.97</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FB7316115AEA" box="[506,602,1167,1190]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">10.60</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFB7317D55AEA" box="[718,926,1167,1190]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">11.53 (10.8412.49) 8</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FB7310B05AEA" box="[1067,1275,1167,1190]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">11.62 (11.1712.27) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FB7311FE5AEA" box="[1411,1461,1167,1190]" gridcol="6" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">13.14</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFB73120B5AEA" box="[1528,1600,1167,1190]" gridcol="7" gridrow="14" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FB49120B5A80" box="[107,1600,1205,1228]" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FB4914EC5A80" box="[107,167,1205,1228]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">MTRL</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FB4915725A80" box="[261,313,1205,1228]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">7.76</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFB4915FD5A80" box="[365,438,1205,1228]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">7.89</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FB4916115A80" box="[506,602,1205,1228]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">6.80</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFB4917D55A80" box="[718,926,1205,1228]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">6.95 (6.607.68) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FB4910B05A80" box="[1067,1275,1205,1228]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">6.96 (6.587.37) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FB4911FE5A80" box="[1411,1461,1205,1228]" gridcol="6" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">7.82</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFB49120B5A80" box="[1528,1600,1205,1228]" gridcol="7" gridrow="15" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">7.62</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FB27120B5ABE" box="[107,1600,1243,1266]" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FB2714EC5ABE" box="[107,167,1243,1266]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">BM</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FB2715725ABE" box="[261,313,1243,1266]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.20</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFB2715FD5ABE" box="[365,438,1243,1266]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.26</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FB2716115ABE" box="[506,602,1243,1266]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">6.42</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFB2717D55ABE" box="[718,926,1243,1266]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">7.34 (7.017.79) 12</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FB2710B05ABE" box="[1067,1275,1243,1266]" gridcol="5" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">7.44 (7.097.80) 13</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FB2711FE5ABE" box="[1411,1461,1243,1266]" gridcol="6" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">7.91</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFB27120B5ABE" box="[1528,1600,1243,1266]" gridcol="7" gridrow="16" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">8.24</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B0E434EE1B5812E9BF08FAFD120B5B54" box="[107,1600,1281,1304]" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="F3355D921B5812E9BF08FAFD14EC5B54" box="[107,167,1281,1304]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">BC</th>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE66FAFD15725B54" box="[261,313,1281,1304]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">5.44</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE0EFAFD15FD5B54" box="[365,438,1281,1304]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">5.40</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BE99FAFD16115B54" box="[506,602,1281,1304]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">4.15</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BDADFAFD17D55B54" box="[718,926,1281,1304]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">7.71 (4.445.13) 10</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BB48FAFD10B05B54" box="[1067,1275,1281,1304]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">4.78 (4.575.08) 11</td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BAE0FAFD11FE5B54" box="[1411,1461,1281,1304]" gridcol="6" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"></td>
<td id="F3355D921B5812E9BA9BFAFD120B5B54" box="[1528,1600,1281,1304]" gridcol="7" gridrow="17" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">5.40</td>
</tr>
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Holotype, AMNH 279589. HF and Ear measurements were taken after preservation. Additional measurement taken in the field: Tibia 22.35, Tragus 9.61.
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Paratype, AMNH 279590. HF and Ear measurements were taken after preservation. Additional measurement taken in the field: Tibia 23.28, Tragus 10.62.
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Holotype, BMNH 70.488.
</paragraph>
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AMNH 232029, 232030, 257053; BMNH 14.5.4.2, 64.172, 75.2550, 75.2551, 75.2554, 87.1082; USNM 317927, 317928, 342645, 351061.
</paragraph>
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AMNH 146789, 257358; BMNH 40.740, 40.741, 75.2549, 75.2552, 75.2553, 75.2555; USNM 292066, 238099, 342634, 242644, 351060.
</paragraph>
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BMNH 22.12.17.75.
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BMNH 22.12.17.76.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E6B36AC1B5EED1ABFFFFF1E16115D8D" blockId="12.[108,1213,225,1447]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABFFFFF1E153F5EB7" box="[156,372,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar in size and general coloration to the widespread species
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABBF8FF1E14A25F6D" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but these taxa can be easily distinguished because
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABC29FEFB17BF5F6D" box="[842,1012,263,289]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
completely lacks the prominent black spots seen on the face and patagia of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABC47FED117815F0A" box="[804,970,300,326]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(figs. 36). Color of the pinnae is also different—bright orange to coppery red with a black edge in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABB75FEAE10F75F27" box="[1046,1212,337,363]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
compared to pale orange brown with no black edge in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABD9EFE8417EC5FDD" box="[765,935,375,401]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The thumb in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABB00FE8414885FFA" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is bright orange whereas it is brown in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABDE8FE6117795FFA" box="[651,818,412,438]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Both species are strongly dichromatic with black wing membranes and orange along the digits and forearm, but pigmentation of the plagiopatagium near the body and hind legs is different in the two species.
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABB54FE14148F5C6A" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Myotis welwitschii</emphasis>
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has a broad band of orange along the side of the body that extends anteriorly past the elbow to run along the forearm and posteriorly to the ankle, so black pigmentation is limited to the more distal and posterior portions of the plagiopatagium. In contrast, the orange is much less extensive and the black is more extensive in
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B5EED1ABDB8FD8117C05CDA" authorityName="Simmons &amp; Flanders &amp; Fils &amp; Parker &amp; Jamison D. Suter &amp; Bamba &amp; Douno &amp; Mamady Kobele Keita &amp; Morales &amp; Frick" authorityYear="2021" box="[731,907,636,662]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nimbaensis">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABDB8FD8117C05CDA" box="[731,907,636,662]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; the black pigmentation approaches the body wall, extending anteriorly into the plagiopatagium behind the humerus and posteriorly to the tibia in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABEBAFD3416CF5CAD" box="[473,644,711,737]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, so there is no broad band of orange along the body in that species. The uropatagium in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABD0EFD11175C5D4A" box="[621,791,748,774]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also bright orange whereas it is darker and more brownish in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABEA9FCEE16385D67" box="[458,627,785,811]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. There are additional differences in features of the dorsal and ventral pelage—the dorsal fur in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABD17FCC417525D1D" box="[628,793,823,849]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is bicolored (black at base and otherwise coppery red) rather than being tricolored as in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABD94FCA117E95D3A" box="[759,930,860,886]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABC86FCA110C75D3A" box="[997,1164,860,886]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has unicolored ventral pelage (whitish tinged with coppery red) rather than the distinctive tricolored ventral fur in seen in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABEC9FC54161F5D8D" box="[426,596,935,961]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E6B36AC1B5EED1ABFFFFC3017375AED" blockId="12.[108,1213,225,1447]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Craniodental measurements (table 1) suggest overall similarity of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABCCFFC31101D5DAA" box="[940,1110,972,998]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABBF8FC3114BB5A47" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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;
</emphasis>
small differences in a few dimensions are not interpretable given the small sample sizes. Both species have lambdoidal crests that are weakly developed but clearly visible, and moderately well-developed sagittal crests in both sexes. The dentition of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABCD1FBC1101E5A1A" box="[946,1109,1084,1110]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
includes two very small anterior upper premolars that are both included in the toothrow; P3 is smaller than P2, but P3 is not displaced lingually as it is in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABDAFFB74173D5AED" box="[716,886,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B5EED1ABFFFFB5115755A8A" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1832" box="[156,318,1196,1222]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tricolor">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABFFFFB5115755A8A" box="[156,318,1196,1222]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Myotis tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a widespread species that shows considerable morphometric variation across its range (
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,
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;
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABCABFB2E10D45AA7" box="[968,1183,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is roughly equivalent in overall size (e.g., forearm length and body mass) to the largest individuals of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABFEFFAE1154D5B7A" box="[140,262,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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reported in the literature, although none of the specimens of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABC81FAE110175B7A" box="[994,1116,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that we measured were as large as
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABEC5FABE16065B10" box="[422,589,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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. The only known specimen of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABCDEFABE107C5B10" box="[957,1079,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from West Africa—a male from
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referred to that species by
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—is much smaller than
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABF0FFA71155A5BEA" box="[108,273,1420,1446]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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, having a forearm length of 46.0 mm compared to
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for the male
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of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBFEFFB6B15785AFC" box="[140,307,1174,1200]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The pelage of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBE8BFB6B16285AFC" box="[488,611,1174,1200]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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is similar to that of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBC35FB6B17B55AFC" box="[854,1022,1174,1200]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBB22FB6B10F75AFC" box="[1089,1212,1174,1200]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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similarly lacks black spots on the face or tail membrane. However, these species can be distinguished easily based on coloration of the wing membranes:
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has wings that are dark brown rather than the distinctive dichromatic orange and black wings seen in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBC83FAFB10CF5B6C" box="[992,1156,1286,1312]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The pinnae of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBF85FAD015295B09" box="[230,354,1323,1349]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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are dark brown compared with the pale orange brown seen in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBB38FAD014F65B27" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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, and the emargination is more proximally located (nearly at the midpoint of the lateral edge of the pinna) in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBE08FA8B15AE5BDC" box="[363,485,1398,1424]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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compared to the clearly distal location of the emargination in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBF0FFA6015595BF9" box="[108,274,1435,1461]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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. The uropatagium of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBD73FA6016C25BF9" box="[528,649,1435,1461]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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is also darker brown (rather than orange brown as in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBFCFFA3E15185B97" box="[172,339,1473,1499]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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) and has a dense covering of coppery red fur proximately (more sparse in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBF0FFA1B155D584C" box="[108,278,1510,1536]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In terms of craniodental features,
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBDAFFA1B173D584C" box="[716,886,1510,1536]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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has a greater condylobasal length (
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for both sexes) than seen in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBD0EF9F016AF5869" box="[621,740,1547,1573]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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including data from table 1 and
<bibRefCitation id="6A454B5D1B5FED1BBFD0F9CD15F35807" author="Monadjem, A. &amp; P. J. Taylor &amp; W. Cotterill &amp; M. C. Schoeman" bookContentInfo="596 pp." box="[179,440,1585,1611]" journalOrPublisher="Johannesburg: Wits University Press" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" refId="ref15270" refString="Monadjem, A., P. J. Taylor, W. Cotterill, and M. C. Schoeman. 2010. Bats of Southern and Central Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. 596 pp." title="Bats of Southern and Central Africa" type="book" year="2010">Monadjem et al., 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Although our comparative sample of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBC1BF9CE17BB5807" box="[888,1008,1585,1611]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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was not large, we found that most other craniodental measurements similarly appear to distinguish
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBB74F9AB10F7583C" box="[1047,1212,1622,1648]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBFFCF980155358DA" box="[159,280,1660,1686]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBE02F980164C58DA" box="[353,519,1660,1686]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the larger of the two species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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FIGURE 4. Fur color and banding in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABE80FA2516D05BBC" box="[483,667,1496,1520]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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(AMNH 279589, holotype).
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABCA2FA2417925BBC" bold="true" box="[961,985,1496,1520]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A,</emphasis>
View of the dorsal fur showing the overall bright orange coloration; creamy white bands on the hairs proximal to the bright orange fur tips are visible on the lower right near the leg where the fur has been somewhat disturbed.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABB4AF9EF10745867" bold="true" box="[1065,1087,1555,1579]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">B,</emphasis>
Close-up of dorsal fur over the lower back showing tricolored fur in a spot on the center left where the fur has been slightly teased apart; where the fur is undisturbed, the banding of individual hairs is not visible.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABB60F9B110505829" bold="true" box="[1027,1051,1613,1637]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C,</emphasis>
dorsal fur over lower back clearly showing the tricolored banding in an area where the fur has been separated by blowing.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABF0FF97414CD58EC" bold="true" box="[108,134,1672,1696]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">D,</emphasis>
Ventral fur over torso showing overall paler coloration than dorsal fur, and tricolored banding of the hairs with less orange at the tips.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5EED1ABEEDF95A15E858F2" bold="true" box="[398,419,1702,1726]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">E,</emphasis>
Ventral fur over left side of the thorax showing bicolored banding (lack of a black basal band) near the wing membrane.
</paragraph>
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FIGURE 5. Coloration of the wing membranes in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBD12FC5D17605DF5" box="[625,811,929,953]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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(AMNH 279589, holotype).
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBB3BFC5D103B5DF5" bold="true" box="[1112,1136,929,953]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A,</emphasis>
Dorsal surface of the wing showing the dichromatic black and orange skin coloration. The plagiopatagium and dactylopagial membranes are mostly black with thin orange bands along the metacarpals, phalanges, and forearm; the black pigmentation also extends nearly to the body wall in the area between the forearm and the hind leg. The propatagium is pale orange.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBED9FBEA159B5A62" bold="true" box="[442,464,1046,1070]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">B,</emphasis>
Dorsal surface of the anterior and proximal portion of the wing showing the patterning of the black pigmentation near the body.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBDDDFBCF169E5A07" bold="true" box="[702,725,1075,1099]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">C,</emphasis>
Dorsal surface of the distal wing showing the brown thumb and orange (not black) pigmentation of the membrane between digits II and III.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="46CE65271B5FED05BFFFF95D17555C00" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="20" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="0E6B36AC1B5FED18BFFFF95D1045583E" blockId="13.[108,1212,1174,1761]" lastBlockId="14.[108,1213,1399,1762]" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
Sagittal crest development in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBE9BF95E16E958F7" box="[504,674,1697,1723]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Myotis tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is variable, with females typically lacking any sagittal crest development. In contrast, both male and female
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5FED1BBC29F93B17BF58AC" box="[842,1012,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have well-developed sagittal crests (though again, our sample size is small). Upper premolars in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BB74FA8410D85BDD" box="[1047,1171,1399,1425]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are somewhat variable, but P3 is always less than half the basal area of P2 and is always shifted lingually as in
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B5CED18BE76FA3E15F75B90" authorityName="Simmons &amp; Flanders &amp; Fils &amp; Parker &amp; Jamison D. Suter &amp; Bamba &amp; Douno &amp; Mamady Kobele Keita &amp; Morales &amp; Frick" authorityYear="2021" box="[277,444,1474,1500]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nimbaensis">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BE76FA3E15F75B90" box="[277,444,1474,1500]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, in many individuals the reduction in P3 is greater than in
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B5CED18BFE9FA141564584D" authorityName="Simmons &amp; Flanders &amp; Fils &amp; Parker &amp; Jamison D. Suter &amp; Bamba &amp; Douno &amp; Mamady Kobele Keita &amp; Morales &amp; Frick" authorityYear="2021" box="[138,303,1511,1537]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nimbaensis">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BFE9FA141564584D" box="[138,303,1511,1537]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and this tooth is completely excluded from the toothrow (only partly excluded in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BFEFF9F1157D586A" box="[140,310,1548,1574]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The p3 of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BEAAF9F1160D586A" box="[457,582,1548,1574]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is one half to two thirds the basal area of p2, and p3 is sometimes displaced lingually from the toothrow, compared to a slightly larger p3 that is at least three quarters the size of p2 and which is not displaced in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BC3DF9A41043583D" box="[862,1032,1623,1649]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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FIGURE 6. Uropatagium, foot, calcar, and flight membrane attachments in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BC35FBE710405A7E" box="[854,1035,1050,1074]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 279589, holotype).
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BFBAFBCB14BA5A03" bold="true" box="[217,241,1079,1103]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A,</emphasis>
Dorsal side of the uropatagium showing orangish brown skin with orange fur on the proximal 1/3 of the surface of the membrane.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BEBBFBA915A55A21" bold="true" box="[472,494,1109,1133]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B,</emphasis>
Ventral side of uropatagium showing pale cream-colored fur on proximal 1/5 of ventral membrane surface; this fur continues across the femur onto the proximal plagiopatagium in a narrow strip that does not extend past the knee.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BDEAFB7316EA5AEB" bold="true" box="[649,673,1167,1191]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C,</emphasis>
Dorsal view of distal leg, foot, calcar, and associated flight membranes. Note that the wing membrane (on right of the foot) attaches to the foot at the base of the first toe, and the calcar (on the left of the foot) is more than twice the length of the hind foot.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BB46FB3610765AAE" bold="true" box="[1061,1085,1226,1250]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">D,</emphasis>
Close-up of the dorsal surface of the foot showing sparse, long brown hairs on each toe.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BC0EFB1B17C95AB3" bold="true" box="[877,898,1255,1279]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">E,</emphasis>
Close-up of the ventral side of foot and toes showing dark brown coloration.
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BD27FAF9161D5B51" bold="true" box="[580,598,1285,1309]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">F,</emphasis>
Ventral view of the hind leg and foot showing the relatively small foot size (foot length = 2/5 of tibia length) and the patterning of black membrane pigmentation near the leg and foot.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Another orange
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BE07F98115F958DA" box="[356,434,1661,1686]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Myotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species from Africa is
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BDADF981170158DA" box="[718,842,1660,1686]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. bocagii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which occurs across much of tropical Africa and is broadly sympatric with
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BDF3F95E174558F0" box="[656,782,1698,1724]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BC2FF95E17B858F0" box="[844,1011,1698,1724]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. welwitschii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Monadjem and Jacobs, 2017a;
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).
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B5CED18BE86F93416C158AD" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1870" box="[485,650,1735,1761]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bocagii">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BE86F93416C158AD" box="[485,650,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Myotis bocagii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5CED18BB77F93410F758AD" box="[1044,1212,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on its dark brown wings and considerably smaller size in all dimensions (e.g., FA = 36.0
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; mass = 6.09.0 g.; CBL = 13.015.0 mm; CIL = 14.0
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;
<bibRefCitation id="6A454B5D1B43ED07BC9FFEFB10FC5F6D" author="Koopman, K. F." bookContentInfo="217 pp." box="[1020,1207,263,289]" journalOrPublisher="Handbuch der Zoologie, vol. 8 (Mammalia), pt" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refId="ref14885" refString="Koopman, K. F. 1994. Chiroptera: systematics. Handbuch der Zoologie, vol. 8 (Mammalia), pt. 60: 217 pp." title="Chiroptera: systematics" type="book" year="1994">Koopman, 1994</bibRefCitation>
;
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0E6B36AC1B5DED19BF0FF9611792589D" blockId="15.[108,1212,1691,1745]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
FIGURE 7. Skull and jaws of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5DED19BEF3F960160358FF" box="[400,584,1691,1715]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 279589, holotype):
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5DED19BC0EF96717CE58FF" bold="true" box="[877,901,1691,1715]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A,</emphasis>
dorsal view of skull;
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5DED19BB3AF960102458F8" bold="true" box="[1113,1135,1692,1716]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B,</emphasis>
ventral view of skull;
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B5DED19BF9AF945155A589D" bold="true" box="[249,273,1721,1745]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">C,</emphasis>
lateral view of skull and lower jaws. (Drawings by Patricia J. Wynne.)
</paragraph>
</caption>
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FIGURE 8. Dentition of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B42ED06BE06F9C31656581A" box="[357,541,1598,1622]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 279589, holotype):
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B42ED06BC26F9C21716581A" bold="true" box="[837,861,1598,1622]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">A,</emphasis>
lateral view of upper toothrow;
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B42ED06BBC5F9C210F7581A" bold="true" box="[1190,1212,1598,1622]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">B,</emphasis>
occlusal view of upper toothrow;
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B42ED06BEDAF9A7159A583F" bold="true" box="[441,465,1627,1651]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">C,</emphasis>
occlusal view of lower toothrow;
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B42ED06BC43F9A017735838" bold="true" box="[800,824,1628,1652]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">D,</emphasis>
lateral view of lower toothrow. (Drawings by Patricia J. Wynne.)
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="0E6B36AC1B43ED07BFFFFEAE17FE5A8A" blockId="17.[108,1213,225,1746]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BFFFFEAE14A25F27" authorityName="Kaup" authorityYear="1829" box="[156,233,338,363]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BFFFFEAE14A25F27" box="[156,233,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Myotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(subgenus
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BE13FEAD16405F27" authorityName="Jentink" authorityYear="1910" box="[368,523,337,363]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Chrysopteron">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BE13FEAD16405F27" box="[368,523,337,363]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Chrysopteron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) species with yellow or orange dorsal fur and dichromatic orange and black wings are not limited to Africa, but also occur in Asia. At least six Asian species (
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BFB7FE6117B35FFA" box="[212,1016,412,438]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BFB7FE61151C5FFA" box="[212,343,412,438]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bartelsi">M. bartelsi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BE04FE6115B55FFA" baseAuthorityName="Hodgson" baseAuthorityYear="1835" box="[359,510,412,438]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="formosus">M. formosus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BD6EFE6116D65FFA" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1923" box="[525,669,412,438]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hermani">M. hermani</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BDCFFE6117095FFA" box="[684,834,412,438]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufoniger">M. rufoniger</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BC32FE6117BF5FFA" box="[849,1012,412,438]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufopictus">M. rufopictus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BB59FE6110FA5FFA" box="[1082,1201,412,438]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="weberi">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BB59FE6110FA5FFA" box="[1082,1201,412,438]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. weberi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) exhibit color patterns with dichromatic wing pigmentation superficially similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BBF8FE3E15B85C4D" authority="(Csorba et al., 2014)" baseAuthorityName="Csorba" baseAuthorityYear="2014" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nimbaensis">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BBF8FE3E14A55C4D" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A454B5D1B43ED07BE63FE1B15A05C4D" author="Csorba, G." box="[256,491,487,513]" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" pagination="663 - 678" part="95" refId="ref13801" refString="Csorba, G., et al. 2014. The reds and the yellows: a review of Asian Chrysopteron Jentink, 1910 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Myotis). Journal of Mammalogy 95 (4): 663 - 678." title="The reds and the yellows: a review of Asian Chrysopteron Jentink, 1910 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Myotis)" type="journal article" year="2014">Csorba et al., 2014</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
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gave diagnoses and measurements of these species that provide a basis for distinguishing them from
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BC3CFDF110425C6A" box="[863,1033,524,550]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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. These authors recognized two pelage and skin color patterns among the Asian species: a “
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BCBFFDCE100E5C00" box="[988,1093,562,588]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">rufoniger</emphasis>
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” and a “
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BFEFFDAB14BF5C3D" box="[140,244,599,625]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">formosus</emphasis>
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.” Species exhibiting “
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BD4FFDAB16DE5C3D" box="[556,661,599,625]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">rufoniger</emphasis>
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” morphology include
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,
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,
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,
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BEF7FD8116405CDA" box="[404,523,636,662]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. weberi</emphasis>
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. These species can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BB6CFD8110F75CDA" box="[1039,1212,636,662]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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based on darker dorsal pelage that has four bands of color (individual dorsal hairs black basally, pale yellow distally, then darkening to deep red before terminating in a black tip;
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) rather than the bright orange tricolored dorsal fur of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BC4BFD11179A5D4A" box="[808,977,748,774]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Species with “
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BBE1FD1014ED5D67" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">rufoniger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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” coloration are also considerably darker ventrally than
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BC10FCEE10565D67" box="[883,1053,785,811]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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, having hairs with a black base, followed by either a pale yellowish section that progressively darkens distally to deep red, or are otherwise entirely deep red (
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). The ear is also edged with black in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BFB7FC7E15765DD0" box="[212,317,898,924]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">rufoniger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-
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species (
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), a trait lacking in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BCD1FC7E10165DD7" box="[946,1117,897,923]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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(or any other African species of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BEE6FC5B16555D8D" box="[389,542,935,961]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Chrysopteron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The thumb and underside of hind foot are entirely black in species with “
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BE4AFC3015DA5DAA" box="[297,401,972,998]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">rufoniger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="D16F880E1B43ED07BEF4FC3015815DAA" box="[407,458,972,998]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">type</typeStatus>
” coloration (
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) but not in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BCA2FC3110235DAA" box="[961,1128,972,998]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which has an orange-brown thumb and a brown foot.
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BDC0FC0E17295A40" box="[675,866,1010,1036]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Myotis rufoniger</emphasis>
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has flight membranes with a broad band of red that extends from the ankle to the forearm along the side of the body, and black pigmentation is limited to the more distal and posterior portions of the plagiopatagium (
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). In contrast, the black pigment is more extensive in
<taxonomicName id="C9D44D2F1B43ED07BCCFFB9E101E5A37" box="[940,1109,1121,1147]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nimbaensis">
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BCCFFB9E101E5A37" box="[940,1109,1121,1147]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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, extending much closer to the body including reaching the tibia and into the membrane behind the humerus, and the pale portions of the wings are more orange than red.
</paragraph>
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Members of the
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BE02FB2E166B5AA0" box="[353,544,1234,1260]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Myotis rufoniger</emphasis>
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group vary somewhat in size, but they are all large bats roughly comparable in size to
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BEACFB0416335B5D" box="[463,632,1271,1297]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Measured forearm lengths of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BC83FB04103A5B5D" box="[992,1137,1271,1297]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. rufoniger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(FA = 45.056.0;
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) overlap with those of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BDBBFAE117CA5B7A" box="[728,897,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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, but cranial dimensions of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BF0FFABE154B5B10" box="[108,256,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. rufoniger</emphasis>
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(e.g., GLS =
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; ZB =
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) do not overlap, with
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BBFFFABE14A65BCD" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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being the slightly larger species. Dental morphology is also somewhat different;
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has a P3 that is roughly two thirds the size of P2 and which is usually in line with the other check teeth (rarely displaced lingually;
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), compared with
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BB3BFA4E14F45BBD" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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, in which P3 is less than half the size of P2 and is lingually displaced. Considerable overlap in most dimensions exists between
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and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B43ED07BC2AFA0117F6585A" box="[841,957,1532,1558]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. weberi</emphasis>
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(FA =
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; GLS =
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; ZB =
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;
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). However,
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as described by
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can be distinguished by having a relatively short upper canine that is only about 1.5
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the height of P4 (C height is ~2
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height of P
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FIGURE 9. Spectrogram of echolocation calls emitted by the holotype
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In contrast to
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and
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, both
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(FA =
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) and
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(FA = 56.060.0 mm; GLS =
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) are somewhat larger than
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in most dimensions (
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). As described by
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,
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can be distinguished by having strong lambdoid crests (weakly developed in
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) and a P3 that is fully out of line with the rest of the toothrow and not visible in lateral view (partially out of line and visible in lateral view in
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). The forehead is also less clearly developed and strongly sloped in
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compared to
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B40ED04BE07FB4C16455A85" box="[356,526,1199,1225]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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, and the rostrum appears somewhat shorter in
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in lateral view.
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as described by
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can be distinguished by its overall very robust skull and exceptionally well-developed sagittal and lambdoid crests (more weakly developed in
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), very large upper canine with a basal area exceeding that of P4 (basal areas of C and P4 subequal in
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), minute P3 less than one quarter the size of P2 (P3 only slightly less than one half the size of P
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), and p3 partly lingually displaced out of the toothrow (p3 fully in toothrow in
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).
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Asian
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(subgenus
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B40ED04BC3EF9D9178C5873" box="[861,967,1573,1599]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">formosus</emphasis>
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” external morphology are
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and
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(
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. These species can be distinguished from
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based on pelage color and banding. The dorsal fur of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B40ED04BF0FF969149D58E3" box="[108,214,1685,1711]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">formosus</emphasis>
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species has individual hairs that have a very narrow brown base and are pale yellow distally for 80100% of their length, or grade into a brown tip, with banding sometimes not evident as the color changes gradually (
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). Overall, the general aspect of the dorsal fur in
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and
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is pale yellow-brown (
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). This pattern is very different from the distinctly banded tricolored orange fur of
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. Ventral fur of
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and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BDC5FEAE170D5F27" box="[678,838,337,363]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. rufopictus</emphasis>
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is either bicolored light yellow with a narrow brown base, or unicolored light yellow (
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), again quite different from tricolored buff to orange ventral fur of
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. The ear is faintly edged with black in the
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BE5EFE3D15EC5F97" box="[317,423,449,475]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">formosus</emphasis>
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species (
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) but not in
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. As in
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BF0FFE1415495C4D" box="[108,258,487,513]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. rufoniger</emphasis>
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, the dark pigment in the wing membranes of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BC23FE14179E5C4D" box="[832,981,487,513]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. formosus</emphasis>
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is limited to more distal and posterior portions of the plagiopatagium and does not extend to the tibia and membranes next to the body as it does in
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.
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Measurements and craniodental features also distinguish
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BC09FDA410025C3D" box="[874,1097,599,625]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BBF8FDA4149D5CDA" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. formosus</emphasis>
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and
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. In terms of measurements,
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is only trivially different or falls within the range of variation in measurements reported for
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(FA = 45.553.0 mm; GLS =
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;
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). However,
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as described by
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can be distinguished based on having a sagittal crest that is missing or only very weakly developed (moderately well developed in
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), P3 that is not visible in lateral view of the skull (visible in
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), and a p3 with half the basal area of p2 (p3 is at least three quarters the basal area of p
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). In addition, the skull of
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lacks an expanded supraorbital region and appears to have a shorter rostrum than
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when seen in lateral view.
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(FA = 51.0
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; GLS =
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; ZB = 11.17;
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) appears slightly smaller than
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,
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but both species are known from very few specimens, so the value of this observation is questionable. As described by
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, the skull profile of
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ascends almost evenly with no frontal depression (i.e., no clearly defined break between rostrum and sloping forehead as seen in
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). Like
<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BB0EFB9E15CF5AED" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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,
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additionally lacks an expanded supraorbital region and it appears to have a shorter rostrum than
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when seen in lateral view. Morphology of P
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is unknown, but p3 is a very small tooth less than one quarter the basal area of p2 and displaced lingually halfway out of the line of toothrow (p3 at least three quarters the area p2 and not displaced in
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).
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ECHOLOCATION CALLS: Based on the echolocation calls recorded on the release of the
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(
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= 22),
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BE2FFA9416685BCD" box="[332,547,1383,1409]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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emits a broad bandwidth (84.1 ± 13.1 kHz; FMAX: 104 kHz, FMIN: 20 kHz) steep frequency-modulated pulse with a peak frequency of 42.5 kHz (± 4.2 kHz), an average call duration of 3.5 ms (± 0.3 ms), and an interpulse interval of 113 ms (± 5.3 ms; fig. 9). In comparison, echolocation calls of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BC66FA2417925BBD" box="[773,985,1495,1521]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Myotis welwitschii</emphasis>
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have a lower peak frequency (34 kHz), shorter bandwidth (28.3 kHz) and shorter duration (2.4 ms; Schoeman and Jacobs, 2008:
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:
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). While there may be geographic variation in call parameters between East African and Southern African
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populations, calls recorded from Southern Africa have a slightly higher peak frequency (47.8±3.1 kHz) but are shorter in bandwidth (46±23.9 kHz) and duration (3.3±0.6 ms; Schoeman and Jacobs, 2008:
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). Echolocation calls of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BDE4F944177B589D" box="[647,816,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Myotis morrisi</emphasis>
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are unknown.
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B41ED05BC80F94410C2589D" box="[995,1161,1719,1745]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Myotis bocagii</emphasis>
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, the other known
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species found on the
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Mountains, have calls with a similar peak frequency (4143 kHz) but are shorter in bandwidth (36 kHz) and duration (22.8 kHz) (Schoeman and Waddington, 2011;
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;
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).
</paragraph>
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MOLECULAR ANALYSES: Molecular analyses of mitochondrial cytochrome
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sequences from selected specimens (
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) support recognition of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BC2DFE84106E5FDD" box="[846,1061,375,401]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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as a distinct species (table 2, figs. 10 and 11). Our analyses recovered well-supported clades consistent with results of
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and
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, and in this context
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was found to represent a distinct lineage that nests within the subgenus
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BCDEFE1B10135C4D" box="[957,1112,487,513]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Chrysopteron</emphasis>
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as sister to the
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BFDFFDF115715C6A" box="[188,314,524,550]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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complex (the clade consisting of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BDB2FDF117045C6A" box="[721,847,524,550]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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1, 2, and 3 of
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). Monophyly of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BE06FDCE167C5C07" box="[357,567,561,587]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BD0CFDCE16A25C07" box="[623,745,561,587]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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complex, and a clade consisting of these two lineages was highly supported (&gt;95% bootstrap).
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BDBFFDA417FB5C3D" box="[732,944,599,625]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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is 5.18% different than
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BF0FFD8114A25CDA" box="[108,233,636,662]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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1, 5.43% from
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BEFDFD8116505CDA" box="[414,539,636,662]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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2, and 5.08% than
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BC63FD8117375CDA" box="[768,892,636,662]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. tricolor</emphasis>
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3 (table 2).
</paragraph>
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NATURAL HISTORY: The
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locality habitat of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BDAAFD5E17D45CF7" box="[713,927,673,699]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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occurs at the ecotone of high-altitude grassland, montane savanna, and gallery forest habitats of the
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Mountains around
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elevation (fig. 1). As far as is known, the preferred (or exclusive) roosting habitat for this species is subterranean features. The two individuals that we captured were emerging from day roosting in an abandoned mine adit (fig. 1), and echolocation calls similar to the release calls of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BE7CFCA115BE5D3A" box="[287,501,860,886]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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recorded at other nearby adits, apparently confirming association of
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BF87FC7E15C55DD7" box="[228,398,897,923]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. nimbaensis</emphasis>
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with these underground structures.
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BC5CFC7E105D5DD7" box="[831,1046,897,923]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Myotis nimbaensis</emphasis>
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coroosts with other subterranean roosting bats and was detected at mine adits that house colonies of several hundred
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BFBAFC3015AE5DAA" box="[217,485,972,998]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Rhinolophus guineensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="3CA0EABE1B46ED02BD42FC3017575DAA" box="[545,796,972,998]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Hipposideros lamottei</emphasis>
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, the latter a bat species endemic to the
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Mountains (
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).
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Foraging habitat for
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is unknown, but the six mine adits where
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echolocation calls were recorded occur in similar ecotone habitats at the interface of high-elevation grassland, montane savanna, and gallery forests along headwaters of the Zié, Gouan, and Zougué rivers in the northern Guinean
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Mountains.
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