A New Species of Small<i>Hipposideros</i>(Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Myanmar and a Revaluation of the Taxon<i>H. nicobarulae</i>Miller, 1902 from the Nicobar Islands

Douangboubpha, Bounsavane; Bumrungsri, Sara; Satasook, Chutamas; Soisook, Pipat; Bu, Si Si Hla; Aul, Bandana; Harrison, Deed E.; Pearch, Malcolm J.; Thomas, Nikky M.; Bates, Paul J. J.

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“…Shortly after abandonment, many synanthropic bat species benefit, likely due to the reduced disturbance by humans. Deserted buildings may provide new roosting structures for bats, e.g., for Hipposideros nicobarulae in Myanmar (Douangboupha et al 2012). Yet in the long run, synanthropic bats may vanish from these sites when buildings deteriorate (Sachanowicz and Wower 2013).…”

Section: Loss Of Roosts Due To Demographic Changes In the Human Populmentioning

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Bats and Buildings: The Conservation of Synanthropic Bats

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Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

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Humans have shared buildings with bats for thousands of years, probably as early as first humans built primitive huts. Indeed, many bat species can be defined as synanthropic, i.e., they have a strong ecological association with humans. Bats have been observed using buildings as roosting and foraging sites, temporary shelters, for reproduction and hibernation. A synanthropic lifestyle may result in direct fitness benefits owing to energetic advantages in warmer roosts, which may ultimately lead to more rapid gestation and faster development of juveniles, or by being less exposed to natural predators in urban environments. All

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Section: Loss Of Roosts Due To Demographic Changes In the Human Populmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bats and Buildings: The Conservation of Synanthropic Bats

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Aguirre

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“…Although new species of hipposiderids are regularly discovered and described in Asia (Robinson et al 2003;Guillen-Servent and Francis 2006;Bates et al 2007;Douangboubpha et al 2011;Thong et al 2012;Murray et al 2018), the pace of discovery has been much slower in Africa. Only one extant species has been described since the recognition of Hipposideros lamottei (Brosset 1985(Brosset ["1984), and that one was from Madagascar .…”

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Evolutionary relationships and population genetics of the Afrotropical leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae)

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Webala²,

Lavery³

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The Old World leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideridae) are aerial and gleaning insectivores that occur throughout the Paleotropics. Both their taxonomic and phylogenetic histories are confused. Until recently, the family included genera now allocated to the Rhinonycteridae and was recognized as a subfamily of Rhinolophidae. Evidence that Hipposideridae diverged from both Rhinolophidae and Rhinonycteridae in the Eocene confirmed their family rank, but their intrafamilial relationships remain poorly resolved. We examined genetic variation in the Afrotropical hipposiderids Doryrhina, Hipposideros, and Macronycteris using relatively dense taxon-sampling throughout East Africa and neighboring regions. Variation in both mitochondrial (cyt-b) and four nuclear intron sequences (ACOX2, COPS, ROGDI, STAT5) were analyzed using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods. We used intron sequences and the lineage delimitation method BPP-a multilocus, multi-species coalescent approach-on supported mitochondrial clades to identify those acting as independent evolutionary lineages. The program StarBEAST was used on the intron sequences to produce a species tree of the sampled Afrotropical hipposiderids. All genetic analyses strongly support generic monophyly, with Doryrhina and Macronycteris as Afrotropical sister genera distinct from a Paleotropical Hipposideros; mitochondrial analyses interpose the genera Aselliscus, Coelops, and Asellia between these clades. Mitochondrial analyses also suggest at least two separate A peer-reviewed open-access journal B. D. Patterson et al. / ZooKeys 929: 117-161 (2020) 118 colonizations of Africa by Asian groups of Hipposideros, but the actual number and direction of faunal interchanges will hinge on placement of the unsampled African-Arabian species H. megalotis. Mitochondrial sequences further identify a large number of geographically structured clades within species of all three genera. However, in sharp contrast to this pattern, the four nuclear introns fail to distinguish many of these groups and their geographic structuring disappears. Various distinctive mitochondrial clades are consolidated in the intron-based gene trees and delimitation analyses, calling into question their evolutionary independence or else indicating their very recent divergence. At the same time, there is now compelling genetic evidence in both mitochondrial and nuclear sequences for several additional unnamed species among the Afrotropical Hipposideros. Conflicting appraisals of differentiation among the Afrotropical hipposiderids based on mitochondrial and nuclear loci must be adjudicated by large-scale integrative analyses of echolocation calls, quantitative morphology, and geometric morphometrics. Integrative analyses will also help to resolve the challenging taxonomic issues posed by the diversification of the many lineages associated with H. caffer and H. ruber.

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“…In a synthesis published over a decade ago, 70 species, largely defined based on external and craniodental morphology, were recognized (Simmons, 2005) and subsequently several other taxa have been described (e.g. Guillén-Servent & Francis, 2006;Bates et al, 2007;Douangboubpha et al, 2011;Thong et al, 2012a, b). On the basis of largely molecular inference, other cryptic species have been uncovered and remain to be named (e.g.…”

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How many species ofHipposideroshave occurred on Madagascar since the Late Pleistocene?

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Populations of the Malagasy Hipposideros commersoni (family Hipposideridae) are threatened by deforestation and hunting. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analysis of 148 cytochrome b sequences found this species to be paraphyletic and composed of three well-supported monophyletic clades. Clades B and C form a monophyletic lineage that can be referred to H. commersoni; these two clades are separated by 6% sequence variation. Clade A represents a distinct evolutionary lineage separate (9-11% average sequence divergence) from H. commersoni (clades B and C) and is named herein as a new species, Hipposideros cryptovalorona sp. nov. In the phylogeny presented herein, this species is strongly associated with the outgroup taxa Hipposideros gigas and Hipposideros vittatus, both restricted to Africa. External, cranial and dental measurements taken from the same individuals used in the molecular study indicate no clear distinction in morphology amongst these three clades; this includes noseleaf structure and craniodental characteristics. Principal component analyses showed limited separation of the three clades. Comparison to a Quaternary fossil species from north-west Madagascar, Hipposideros besaoka, found little morphological overlap between any of the three clades and this extinct species. Hence, at least three species of Hipposideros have occurred on Madagascar since the Late Pleistocene, two extant (H. commersoni s.s. and H. cryptovalorona sp. nov.) and one extinct (H. besaoka).

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A New Species of SmallHipposideros(Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Myanmar and a Revaluation of the TaxonH. nicobarulaeMiller, 1902 from the Nicobar Islands

Cited by 14 publications

References 13 publications

Bats and Buildings: The Conservation of Synanthropic Bats

Bats and Buildings: The Conservation of Synanthropic Bats

Evolutionary relationships and population genetics of the Afrotropical leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae)

How many species ofHipposideroshave occurred on Madagascar since the Late Pleistocene?

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