Bats of Southern and Central Africa. Ara Monadjem

Bats of Southern and Central Africa

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Bats

OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA

A BIOGEOGRAPHIC AND TAXONOMIC SYNTHESIS

2ND EDITION

First published in South Africa by:

Wits Universty Press

1 Jan Smuts Avenue

Johannesburg 2001

www.witspress.co.za

Published edition © Wits University Press 2020

Distribution maps © A. Monadjem

Echolocation diagrams © M. C. Schoeman

Drawings © Christeen Grant

Cover image © Piotr Naskrecki: Glauconycteris variegatus drinking water

First published 2010

Second edition 2020

http://dx.doi.org.10.18772/22020085829

978-1-77614-582-9 (Hardback)

978-1-77614-583-6 (WebPDF)

978-1-77614-584-3 (EPUB)

978-1-77614-585-0 (Mobi)

Skull photographs were taken by P. J. Taylor unless indicated otherwise. Copyright for these remains with the institution in which the specimens are housed. For a complete list of museum acronyms, see List of Specimens.

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FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION

FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Geographical scope

Classification and taxonomy

Conservation Status

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND PIONEERING RESEARCHERS