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1 June 2012 Morphometric Variation in the Pusillus Group of the Genus Rhinolophus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in East Asia
Yi Wu, Masaharu Motokawa, Masashi Harada, Vu Dinh Thong, Liang-Kong Lin, Yu-Chun Li
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Abstract

Based on 203 specimens belonging to the Rhinolophuspusillus 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.

© 2012 Zoological Society of Japan
Yi Wu, Masaharu Motokawa, Masashi Harada, Vu Dinh Thong, Liang-Kong Lin, and Yu-Chun Li "Morphometric Variation in the Pusillus Group of the Genus Rhinolophus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in East Asia," Zoological Science 29(6), 396-402, (1 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.29.396
Received: 25 April 2011; Accepted: 1 January 2012; Published: 1 June 2012
KEYWORDS
Chiroptera
East Asia
Morphometrics
Rhinolophus pusillus group
taxonomy
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