Morphometrics of Myotis blythii from Crete: A taxonomic transition or an island effect?

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Morphometrics of Myotis blythii from Crete: A taxonomic transition or an island effect?

Original language description

Taxonomy of the mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis species group) in the western Palaearctic have undergone several revisions in the recent decades, under the light of distributional, morphological and genetic investigations. However, in many eastern Mediterranean islands, taxonomic questions regarding this complex remain open. Here we compare a large set of samples of Myotis blythii from Crete with conspecific population samples from the Lesvos island (North Aegean, Greece) and from the circum-Mediterranean region, incl. Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia, in order to elucidate the taxonomic position of the Cretan populations. Statistical analyses showed the Cretan lesser mouse-eared bats to have an intermediate forearm length and skull size, but themasticatory apparatus is significantly smaller than in the comparative populations. Our results suggest that the previous assignment of the Cretan populations of M. blythii to the Middle Eastern subspecies M. b. omari is not justifiable.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/DF12P01OVV021" target="_blank" >DF12P01OVV021: Type material and unique items in collections of the natural science museum: methods of handling and publicizing this significant cultural heritage</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Vespertilio

ISSN

1213-6123

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2012

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

139-147

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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