On the distribution and taxonomy of bats of the Myotis mystacinus morphogroup from the Caucasus region (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00023272:_____/16:N0000117 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10335947

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1505-47" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1505-47</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1505-47" target="_blank" >10.3906/zoo-1505-47</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

On the distribution and taxonomy of bats of the Myotis mystacinus morphogroup from the Caucasus region (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Original language description

Due to the combination of general morphological similarity among representatives of particular populations and/or taxa, the taxonomy of the Myotis mystacinus morphogroup is traditionally considered to be one of the most complex topics of bat systematics. We used a combination of genetic and morphological approaches to identify which taxa of the morphogroup inhabit the broader Caucasus region (i.e. the territory between Crimea, Southern Russia, Northern Anatolia, and Northern Iran, incl.) and to define the relationships of these taxa to other Palaearctic populations of the morphogroup. Based on the genetic identification (complete sequence of the cytochrome b gene) of 56 specimens of the morphogroup originating from the region and the subsequent morphological comparison of more than 100 museum specimens, five species were shown to occur in the Caucasus region: Myotis mystacinus s.str., M. davidii, M. alcathoe, M. hyrcanicus, and M. brandtii. While the intraspecific positions of the Caucasian populations of M. mystacinus and M. davidii remain unresolved, the populations of M. brandtii belong to the nominotypical form of this species, and the populations of M. alcathoe represent an endemic subspecies, which is here newly described; M. hyrcanicus is regarded a monotypic species.

Czech name

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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

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Turkish Journal of Zoology

ISSN

1300-0179

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

40

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

TR - TURKEY

Number of pages

30

Pages from-to

842-863

UT code for WoS article

000393615100004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85006063463