Miniopterus pusillus Found in Sanming City, Fujian Province
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    Three males and a female of bats were collected using mist nets in the 3rd Cave of Fengyan (N26°15'15', E118°16'55', altitude 536 m), Fengyan Village, Meixian Town, Youxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, in July, 2013. 17 external and 25 skull indicators were measured by using calipers, and compared with the same species from the island of Hainan, Java and Seram. Their body sizes are relatively small with the body mass of 7.1-9.8 g and the forearm of 41.7-43.7 mm. Their ears are short and broad. Dense, short and erected pelage reaches the back of the nose. The color of pelage is blackish brown and dark brown on the back and belly, respectively. The neck shares a similar color with the belly. The wings are very long and narrow. The length of 2nd phalanx of 3rd digit is about three times longer than 1st phalanx of 3rd digit. Skulls have low and slightly wide rostrums and high, large and round craniums with the greatest skull length of 13.87-14.17 mm and the cranial height of 6.21-6.73 mm. They were identified as Miniopterus pusillus and were the new record in Fujian Province. The specimens were preserved in the College of Life Science, Henan Normal University.

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HE Xin-Ping, BU Yan-Zhen, ZHAO Le-Zhen, MA Jin-You, NIU Hong-Xing. 2014. Miniopterus pusillus Found in Sanming City, Fujian Province. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 49(3): 447-451.

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  • Received:November 09,2013
  • Revised:February 18,2014
  • Adopted:February 19,2014
  • Online: May 22,2014
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