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Issue: Vol. 4344 No. 3: 8 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.8
Page range: 573–588
Abstract views: 132
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The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand 90110
Klong Saeng Wildlife Research Station, Wildlife Research Division, Wildlife Conservation Bureau, Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ban Ta Khun, Surat Thani, Thailand 84230
Halabala Wildlife Research Station, Wildlife Research Division, Wildlife Conservation Bureau, Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Wang, Narathiwat, Thailand 90160
Chiangdao Wildlife Research Station, Wildlife Research Division, Wildlife Conservation Bureau, Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Chiangdao, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50170
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand 90110
Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Jilin Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
Jilin Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
Jilin Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland
Harrison Institute, Bowerwood House, 15 St. Botolph’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3AQ, United Kingdom
Mammalia new subspecies peninsular Thailand Southeast Asia taxonomy zoogeography

Abstract

The Great evening bat Ia io Thomas, 1902, previously considered as an endemic to the Indochinese subregion, is reported from the Sundaic subregion for the first time based on specimens collected from three localities in Surat Thani Province and Phang Nga Province, peninsular Thailand. It is described herein as a new subspecies based on its substantially larger body and skull size. The mitochondrial COI and cytochrome b genes reveal that the new subspecies has a genetic distance of 1.89% and 1.65%, respectively, from the nominate subspecies. Echolocation calls comprise four harmonics, with the maximum energy in the first harmonic (fmaxe) of 23.6–27.4 kHz. Notes on the population size as well as roosting and foraging behaviour are also provided.

 

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