Bats from eastern Papua and the East Papuan islands. American Museum novitates ; no. 2747

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dc.contributor.authorKoopman, Karl F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:13:21Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:13:21Z
dc.date.issued1982en_US
dc.description34 p. : map ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 31-34).en_US
dc.description.abstract"The bat fauna of eastern Papua, including Central, Northern, and Milne Bay provinces on the mainland and the Louisiade, D'Entrecasteaux, and Trobriand archipelagos, is reviewed. Five families, 23 genera, and 45 species are known from the area. Forty species are known from the mainland or continental islands and 23 from from one or another island (or islands) of the three archipelagos. Only six species occur on the islands but not on the mainland and only two of these (Dobsonia pannietensis, Kerivoula agnella) are endemic. Most of the insular species for which precise affinities can be determined show closest relationship to mainland populations, but a few have their affinities with those of the Bismarcks or Solomons. Most of the East Papuan mainland species are apparently confined to the lowlands. The East Papuan highland bat fauna is seemingly depauperate compared with that of more extensive highland areas to the northwest. There is only one documented case of altitudinal variation within a species (Pipistrellus) and only one of altitudinal replacement among close relatives (Tadarida). A new subspecies, Rhinolophus megaphyllus vandeuseni, is described"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5288
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2747en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2747, 1982en_US
dc.subject.lcshBats -- Papua New Guineaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBats -- Melanesiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBats -- New Guineaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals -- Papua New Guineaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals -- Melanesiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals -- New Guineaen_US
dc.titleBats from eastern Papua and the East Papuan islands. American Museum novitates ; no. 2747en_US
dc.title.alternativePapuan batsen_US
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