From greener times: a new species of Thick-thumbed Myotis from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

  • Gabor Csorba Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-4600
  • Neil M. Furey Harrison Institute, Bowerwood House, No. 15, St Botolph’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3AQ, UK; Fauna & Flora International, Cambodia Programme https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0439-2446
Keywords: Chiroptera, Cambodia, taxonomy, new species, Myotis sp. n.

Abstract

A new species of Myotis is described from Cambodia. The species is characterised by its fleshy, bicolored thumb, large foot sole, full dentition, relatively short rostrum, and high frontal part of skull. The species is currently only known from the city of Phnom Penh.

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Published
2022-02-14
How to Cite
CsorbaG., & FureyN. M. (2022). From greener times: a new species of Thick-thumbed Myotis from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 68(1), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.68.1.85.2022