New records of bats for Uganda and Burundi

Authors: STANLEY, W. T.¹; KERBIS PETERHANS, J. C.¹; KITYO, R. M.²; DAVENPORT, L.¹

Source: African Journal of Ecology, Volume 34, Number 2, JUNE 1996 , pp. 196-201(6)

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Abstract:

The collection of Myotis welwitschii and Pipistrellus kuhlii fuscatus in Uganda and Pipistrellus kuhlii fuscatus from Burundi is reported. These species were previously unknown from these countries. External and skull measurements are presented, as well as descriptions of pelage coloration and collecting locality and comments on distribution of the taxa.

Keywords: Burundi; Chiroptera; Myotis; Pipistrellus; Uganda

Document Type: Original article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.007-89007.x

Affiliations: 1: Division of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60605 U.S.A., 2: Museum of Zoology, Makerere University, PO Box 10066, Kampala, Uganda

Publication date: 1996-06-01