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

Charles M. Francis; Tigga Kingston; Akbar Zubaid

doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[1:ANSOKC]2.0.CO;2

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

Charles M. Francis, Tigga Kingston, Akbar Zubaid

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A new species of small Kerivoula is described from peninsular Malaysia. It is similar in size and form to Kerivoula hardwickii Miller 1898 or K. intermedia Hill and Francis 1984, but is distinguished by its distinctive colouration - dorsal fur has extensive black bases with shiny golden tips, ventral fur has dark grey bases with whitish-buff tips - as well as several characters of dentition and skull shape. Sequence analysis of the first 648 base pairs of cytochrome oxidase I gene (DNA barcode) indicates a divergence of at least 11% from all other species of Kerivoula, a difference comparable to that between other species of Kerivoula.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Acta Chiropterologica
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[1:ANSOKC]2.0.CO;2
State	Published - 2007

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DNA barcode
Kerivoula
Malaysia
New species

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