Diversity of Hipposideridae in the Mount Nimba massif, West Africa, and the Taxonomic Status of Hipposideros lamottei

Ara Monadjem; Leigh Richards; Peter J. Taylor; Christiane Denys; Aisling Dower; Samantha Stoffberg

doi:10.3161/150811013X678964

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1 December 2013 Diversity of Hipposideridae in the Mount Nimba massif, West Africa, and the Taxonomic Status of Hipposideros lamottei

Ara Monadjem, Leigh Richards, Peter J. Taylor, Christiane Denys, Aisling Dower, Samantha Stoffberg

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Ara Monadjem
All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland
Leigh Richards, Peter J. Taylor
Durban Natural Science Museum, P.O. Box 4085, Durban, 4000, South Africa
Christiane Denys
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Department Systematics and Evolution, UMR CNRS 7205 OSEB, CP51, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Aisling Dower
Golder Associates, Town Centre House, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Samantha Stoffberg
Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Acta Chiropterologica, 15(2):341-352 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3161/150811013X678964

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Abstract

Several species complexes exist within the African representatives of the genus Hipposideros and the relationships between these taxa are not yet well understood. We present evidence showing that at least seven species of Hipposideros co-occur at Mount Nimba at the northern boundary of the Upper Guinean forest zone. The species H. lamottei has been misdiagnosed previously, partly as a result of errors in published measurements. This taxon is currently known only from high-altitude grasslands in northern (Guinean) Mount Nimba. Cytochrome b sequences and echolocation calls of this species, as well as for H. marisae, are presented for the first time. Also, at least two different species groups, previously lumped in H. ruber, co-exist syntopically here. Mount Nimba apparently represents a diversity hotspot for species of Hipposideros in West Africa, and as a result may be an important site for their conservation.

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Ara Monadjem, Leigh Richards, Peter J. Taylor, Christiane Denys, Aisling Dower and Samantha Stoffberg "Diversity of Hipposideridae in the Mount Nimba massif, West Africa, and the Taxonomic Status of Hipposideros lamottei," Acta Chiropterologica 15(2), (1 December 2013). https://doi.org/10.3161/150811013X678964

Received: 25 February 2013; Accepted: 1 July 2013; Published: 1 December 2013

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