Morphometric Variation in the<i>Pusillus</i>Group of the Genus<i>Rhinolophus</i>(Mammalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in East Asia

• Wu, Yi

• 本川, 雅治

• Harada, Masashi

• Thong, Vu Dinh

• Lin, Liang-Kong

• Li, Yu-Chun

書誌事項

タイトル別名

• Morphometric variation in the pusillus group of the genus Rhinolophus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in East Asia.

抄録

Based on 203 specimens belonging to the Rhinolophus "pusillus group" (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae), univariate and multivariate morphometric analyses using 19 characters were performed to assess the confused species taxonomy. The results indicated that R. pusillus (including calidus, parcus, and szechuanus) in the continental region and Hainan Island of China and "R. cornutus" in Japan are morphologically divergent species. Rhinolophus cornutus should be further split into R. cornutus (including orii, pumilus, and miyakonis) in the main islands of Japan, the Amami and Okinawa Group of the central Ryukyu Archipelago, and Miyako Group of the southern Ryukyus; and R. perditus and R. imaizumii from the Yaeyama Group in the southern Ryukyus. Rhinolophus monoceros from Taiwan is morphologically more similar to species in Japan than to R. pusillus. In addition to R. pusillus, another form that is morphologically similar to species in Japan was recognized from Langzhong in Sichuan Province; this may represent an undescribed species, and further examination is necessary to determine its taxonomic status. Specimens from Guang'an in Sichuan Province, China, are also different from the others, and are characterized by the smallest skull size. Although further studies are required, these specimens were tentatively identified as R. subbadius.

収録刊行物

• Zoological science

  Zoological science 29 (6), 396-402, 2012-06

  Zoological Society of Japan

キーワード

• Chiroptera
• Rhinolophus pusillus group
• taxonomy
• East Asia
• morphometrics
• Animals
• Chiroptera/anatomy & histology
• Chiroptera/classification
• Demography
• Far East
• Species Specificity

詳細情報

• CRID: 1050564285725819648
• NII論文ID: 120005298138
• NII書誌ID: AA10545874
• ISSN: 02890003
• DOI: 10.2108/zsj.29.396
• HANDLE: 2433/175694
• NDL書誌ID: 023688925
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I023688925
• Web Site: http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.2108/zsj.29.396
• 本文言語コード: en
• 資料種別: journal article
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