A morphological analysis of the skull size and shape of Kerivoulinae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Vietnam

• NGUYEN Son Truong

  Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St., Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam

• MOTOKAWA Masaharu

  The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606–8501, Japan

• OSHIDA Tatsuo

  Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan

• ENDO Hideki

  The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, 7–3–1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

抄録

Southeast Asia is a region of high biodiversity, containing species of plants and animals that are yet to be discovered. In this region, bats of the subfamily Kerivoulinae are widespread and diverse with six species recorded in Vietnam. However, the taxonomy of the Kerivoulinae in Asia is complicated. In our study, we used diagnostic characters and multivariate analysis to determine morphological differences between the genera Kerivoula and Phoniscus. We showed that the two genera are distinguishable by the size of second upper incisors, the shape of skull, nasal sinus, canines, second upper and lower premolars. In addition, the two genera can be osteometrically separated by measurements of the braincase height, interorbital width and shape of anterior palatal emargination. Our data clearly revealed the morphological variations in the skull shape of Kerivoula hardwickii in Vietnam. This suggests a possible separation into three morphotypes, representing cryptic species supported by statistical differences with wide variation in skull shape, size and teeth. These results demonstrated Kerivoula hardwickii can be separated three subspecies, and the result will serve as the basis for the future assessment and classification of this group in Southeast Asia.

収録刊行物

• Ｔｈｅ　Ｊｏｕｒｎａｌ　ｏｆ　Ｖｅｔｅｒｉｎａｒｙ　Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ　Ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ

  Ｔｈｅ　Ｊｏｕｒｎａｌ　ｏｆ　Ｖｅｔｅｒｉｎａｒｙ　Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ　Ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ 78 (2), 187-198, 2016

  公益社団法人 日本獣医学会

キーワード

• cryptic species
• Kerivoulinae
• morphological variation
• Vietnam
• woolly bat

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282681406017920
• NII論文ID: 130005131327
• NII書誌ID: AA10796138
• DOI: 10.1292/jvms.15-0270
• ISSN: 13477439
• ISSN: 09167250
• NDL書誌ID: 027141172
• PubMed: 26346743
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I027141172
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/78/2/78_15-0270/_pdf
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