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Integrative taxonomy resolves three new cryptic species of small southern African horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus)

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  • 1. SARChI Chair on Biodiversity Value & Change and Core Team Member of the Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa & School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Biological Sciences Building, South Ring Road, Westville Campus, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 3630, South Africa
  • 2. School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Biological Sciences Building, South Ring Road, Westville Campus, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 3630, South Africa
  • 3. Field Museumof Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA & Association Vahatra, BP 3972, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
  • 4. Ditsong National Museumof Natural History, POBox 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa & School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa
  • 5. Geoecodynamics Research Hub, c/o Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1 Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • 6. Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1 Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • 7. All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland

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Taylor, Peter J., Macdonald, Angus, Goodman, Steven M., Kearney, Teresa, Cotterill, Fenton P. D., Stoffberg, Sam, Monadjem, Ara, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Guyton, Jennifer, Naskrecki, Pitor, Richards, Leigh R. (2018): Integrative taxonomy resolves three new cryptic species of small southern African horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 1249-1276, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly024

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