New discoveries on the ecology and echolocation of the
heart-nosed bat Cardioderma cor with a contribution to the
phylogeny of Megadermatidae.

J 2015

New discoveries on the ecology and echolocation of the heart-nosed bat Cardioderma cor with a contribution to the phylogeny of Megadermatidae.

KAŇUCH, Peter, Tatiana AGHOVÁ, Yonas MEHERETU, Radim ŠUMBERA, Josef BRYJA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

New discoveries on the ecology and echolocation of the heart-nosed bat Cardioderma cor with a contribution to the phylogeny of Megadermatidae.

Authors

KAŇUCH, Peter (703 Slovakia), Tatiana AGHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Yonas MEHERETU (231 Ethiopia), Radim ŠUMBERA (203 Czech Republic) and Josef BRYJA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

African Zoology, SCOTTSVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA, ZOOLOGICAL SOC SOUTHERN AFRICA, 2015, 1562-7020

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10613 Zoology

Country of publisher

South Africa

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.739

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00095875

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2015.1021711

UT WoS

000352623200009

Keywords in English

acoustics; Chiroptera; eastern Africa; evolutionary radiation; roosts

Abstract

V originále

In this study we report findings in roosting ecology, ectoparasites, echolocation characteristics and the phylogenetic position of Cardioderma cor, an impressive bat species that is distributed throughout the savannas and woodlands of eastern Africa. For individuals caught in Mago National Park, Ethiopia, we recorded broadband frequency-modulated ultrasound signals having very short duration (2 ms) with three harmonic components. The mean peak frequency of the first harmonic was 50.4 kHz and the mean inter-signal interval was 186 ms. Phylogenetic reconstructions of all known species from the family Megadermatidae based on DNA sequences of two mitochondrial and four nuclear genes yielded incongruent topologies (both Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood analysis) with only weak support for nodes. The phylogeny that combined all six loci into a species tree was not congruent with any previous inference based on dental or cranial characteristics, but it suggested separate generic status of two Megaderma species. However, additional genetic data are necessary to resolve the phylogeny of Megadermatidae, a group that probably evolved by simultaneous divergence of all five extant lineages.

Citovat

KAŇUCH, Peter, Tatiana AGHOVÁ, Yonas MEHERETU, Radim ŠUMBERA and Josef BRYJA. New discoveries on the ecology and echolocation of the heart-nosed bat Cardioderma cor with a contribution to the phylogeny of Megadermatidae. African Zoology. SCOTTSVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA: ZOOLOGICAL SOC SOUTHERN AFRICA, 2015, vol. 50, No 1, p. 53-57. ISSN 1562-7020. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2015.1021711.

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KAŇUCH, Peter, Tatiana AGHOVÁ, Yonas MEHERETU, Radim ŠUMBERA and Josef BRYJA. New discoveries on the ecology and echolocation of the heart-nosed bat Cardioderma cor with a contribution to the phylogeny of Megadermatidae. \textit{African Zoology}. SCOTTSVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA: ZOOLOGICAL SOC SOUTHERN AFRICA, 2015, vol.~50, No~1, p.~53-57. ISSN~1562-7020. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2015.1021711.

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