Post by kennethgrima on Sept 8, 2019 7:45:13 GMT
There are way more species of horseshoe bats than scientists thought
Horseshoe bats are bizarre-looking animals with giant ears and elaborate flaps of skin on their noses that they use like satellite dishes. There are about a hundred different species of horseshoe bats -- and that number is only going to grow. By studying the DNA of horseshoe bat specimens in museum collections, scientists have discovered that there are probably a dozen new species of horseshoe bat that haven't been officially described yet.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190822081158.htm
Terrence C. Demos, Paul W. Webala, Steven M. Goodman, Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, Michael Bartonjo, Bruce D. Patterson. Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019; 19 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1485-1
Horseshoe bats are bizarre-looking animals with giant ears and elaborate flaps of skin on their noses that they use like satellite dishes. There are about a hundred different species of horseshoe bats -- and that number is only going to grow. By studying the DNA of horseshoe bat specimens in museum collections, scientists have discovered that there are probably a dozen new species of horseshoe bat that haven't been officially described yet.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190822081158.htm
Terrence C. Demos, Paul W. Webala, Steven M. Goodman, Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, Michael Bartonjo, Bruce D. Patterson. Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019; 19 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1485-1