THE MYOTIS ADVERSUS (CHIROPTERA VESPERTILIONIDAE) SPECIES COMPLEX IN EASTERN INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

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Abstract - Comparison of cranial, external and bacular morphology and univariate and multivariate statistical analyses of 149 specimens, previously attributed to Myotis adversus (Horsfield, 1824) was carried out on specimens principally from eastern Indonesia and Australia. These comparisons indicated the existence of a complex of three species and six subspecies. These taxa are as follows: Myotis a. adversus (Java I., Nusa Penida I., Kangean I., Sumbawa I., Moyo I., Flores I., Lembata I., Pantar I., Alor I., Timor I., Savu I.); Myotis adversus tanimbarellsis subsp. nov. (Yamdena I.); Myotis adversus wetarensis subsp. nov. (Wetar I.); Myotis moluccarum moluccarum (Western Australia, Seram and Papua New Guinea; and possibly also including the form from Solomon I.); Myotis moluccarum richardsi subsp. nov. (Queensland, Northern Territory) and Myotis macropus (Victoria and South Australia).

These above taxa have not previously been reported from Nusa Penida I., Kangean I., Sumbawa I., Moyo I., Lembata I., Pantar I., Alor I., Savu I., Yamdena I., and Wetar I.

Multiple regression analysis indicated that while the skull, dentary and dental characters of the above Myotis were not significantly influenced by sex, many of the wing measurements were influenced by sex. Almost all characters were very significantly (P<O.OOl) influenced by locality, but there was no significant interaction between sex and locality.

Author(s) KITCHENER, D.J., COOPER, N. AND MARYANTO, I. : Part 2
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