Paremballonura
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| Goodman , Puechmaille, Friedli-Weyeneth, Gerlach , Ruedi , Schoeman , Stanley, Teeling, 2012 |
Paremballonura is a genus of bats in the family of smooth-nosed cantons (Emballonuridae), which occurs in Madagascar with two species. The type species of the genus, the Madagascar free- tailed bat ( Paremballonura atrata Peters, 1874) lives in the lowlands on the east coast of Madagascar, the Tsingy free- tailed bat ( Paremballonura tiavato Goodman, Cardiff, Ranivo, Russell and Yoder, 2006) lives on the west coast.
features
Paremballonura are small bats with skull lengths of 12.2 to 13.8 mm and a 35 to 41 mm long forearm. Both species have a long, somewhat shaggy dorsal fur that is light or gray-brown in the Madagascar free-tailed bat and blackish-brown in the Tsingy free-tailed bat. The ears are long and rounded and noticeably large (11 to 14 mm in the Tsingy free-tailed bat and 15 to 19 mm in the Madagascar free-tailed bat). The inner section of the tragus is convex and shows a distinct ax-shaped protrusion to the front. The calcar is slightly shorter than the shin. The nasal bone has an hourglass shape and a pronounced central furrow. There is a relatively narrow diastema between the first and second premolar .
Paremballonura species differ from the genus of the sliding-tailed bats ( Coleura ) in their small size , the lack of a central groove in the lower lip, a calcar that is shorter than the shin, a convex tragus and a dark, opaque flight membrane .
Systematics
The genus Paremballonura was only introduced in 2012 after a molecular genetic analysis showed that the tribe Emballonurini consists of two clades, one consisting of the species of the genus Emballonura occurring in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region and a second consisting of the Sliding-tailed bats ( Coleura ) from Africa and the Seychelles and the Malagasy species of the genus Emballonura . The genus emballonura was characterized paraphyletisch . After the introduction of the genus Paremballonura for the two Malagasy Emballonura species, Emballonura is again monophyletic .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d S.M. Goodman, SJ Puechmaille, N. Friedli-Weyeneth, J. Gerlach, M. Ruedi, MC Schoeman, WT Stanley, EC Teeling: Phylogeny of the Emballonurini (Emballonuridae) with descriptions of a new genus and species from Madagascar. ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Journal of Mammalogy 93 (6), 2012; Pp. 1440-1455
