Discovery of Kashmir Cave Myotis Myotis longipes in Guangdong Province (China) and Its Echolocation Calls
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① College of life science and technology, Central South Uniersity of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004 ; ② Guangdong Institute of Appiled Biological Resouece, Guangzhou 510260,② Guangdong Institute of Appiled Biological Resouece, Guangzhou 510260; ③ Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangzhou 510260, China,② Guangdong Institute of Appiled Biological Resouece, Guangzhou 510260,② Guangdong Institute of Appiled Biological Resouece, Guangzhou 510260,② Guangdong Institute of Appiled Biological Resouece, Guangzhou 510260,② Guangdong Institute of Appiled Biological Resouece, Guangzhou 510260; ③ Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangzhou 510260, China,② Guangdong Institute of Appiled Biological Resouece, Guangzhou 510260; ③ Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangzhou 510260, China,① College of life science and technology, Central South Uniersity of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004,② Guangdong Institute of Appiled Biological Resouece, Guangzhou 510260; ③ Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangzhou 510260, China

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    Four male bats were found in Yangshan County (24°48′39.5′′N, 112°51′01.3′′E, altitude 155 m), Nanling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong Province in July, 2013. The bats are small in size with 34.1﹣34.7 mm in forearm length (Table 1). Their pelage is dense, dorsal hairs dark brown at the base and greyish brown on the tips; ventral hairs is creamy white on the tips and black brown at the base (Fig. 1). Each wing is attached to the distal end of the outer metatarsal of its respective foot. The feet are greatly enlarged, exceeding half of the length of the tibiae. The total length of skull is 14.3﹣14.7 mm, and condylocanine length (CCL 11.4﹣11.8 mm, C-M3 5.5﹣5.8 mm (Fig. 2). The four specimens were identified as Kashmir Cave Myotis, Myotis longipes, which was found first time in Guangdong Province. These bats were further confirmed as M. longipes by phylogenetic relationships inferred from their Cyt b sequences (1 140 bp) (Fig. 3). Although this species had been found in Guizhou, Guangxi and Chongqing, China, but only few specimens were kept in collection and few information available. We recorded the morphological structure, skull feature and compared these measurements with bat specimens from India (Table 1). The echolocation calls of these bats were frequency modulated (FM) with main frequency 68.2 kHz (Fig. 4). We also discussed the taxonomy and distribution of this bat species in China. The specimens were kept in Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources.

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ZHANG Qin, 刘奇, 杨昌腾, 刘会, 彭真, 梁捷, 彭兴文, 何向阳, 马少伟, 向左甫,ZHANG Li-Biao. 2017. Discovery of Kashmir Cave Myotis Myotis longipes in Guangdong Province (China) and Its Echolocation Calls. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 52(3): 521-529.

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  • Received:October 20,2016
  • Revised:April 01,2017
  • Adopted:March 29,2017
  • Online: May 15,2017
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