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Systematics of the Hipposideros turpis complex and a description of a new subspecies from Vietnam
Author(s) -
THONG Vu Dinh,
PUECHMAILLE Sebastien J.,
DENZINGER Annette,
BATES Paul J.J.,
DIETZ Christian,
CSORBA Gabor,
SOISOOK Pipat,
TEELING Emma C.,
MATSUMURA Sumiko,
FUREY Neil M.,
SCHNITZLER HansUlrich
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
mammal review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.574
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2907
pISSN - 0305-1838
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00202.x
Subject(s) - subspecies , monophyly , zoology , systematics , biology , human echolocation , bay , taxonomy (biology) , ecology , geography , phylogenetics , clade , archaeology , neuroscience , gene , biochemistry
1 Hipposideros turpis is traditionally known as a species composed of three subspecies, H. t. turpis , H. t. alongensis and H. t. pendleburyi , distributed disjunctly in south‐west Japan, north‐east Vietnam and south‐west Thailand, respectively. Prior to the present study, the systematic status of forms within the species remained unclear. 2 Using morphological (external, bacular, cranial and dental characters), genetic and echolocation data, we demonstrate that turpis , alongensis and pendleburyi represent three distinct species, and that these species are endemic to Japan, Vietnam and Thailand, respectively. They are very distinct genetically and do not even form a monophyletic group. 3 We also prove that H. alongensis is composed of two subspecies, H. a. alongensis and H. a. sungi . The latter subspecies is described as new to science. To date, H. a. alongensis appears to be restricted to the Cat Ba Island of Cat Ba National Park, west Ha Long Bay, whereas H. a. sungi ssp. nov. is known from three localities in mainland northeast Vietnam. These two subspecies are distinguished by body size, molecular data and the frequency of the constant‐frequency component of their echolocation signals.