[HTML][HTML] Holocene vertebrate assemblages provide the first evidence for the presence of the barn owl (Tytonidae, Tyto alba) on Socotra Island (Yemen)

G Ramello, M Delfino, E Mori, A Viviano, G Pavia… - Geobios, 2024 - Elsevier
We describe the vertebrate remains found in a Holocene deposit inside the Taiti Cave,
Socotra Island (Yemen). The fossils were found in a sand dune occupying almost entirely …

Phylogenetic relationships among horseshoe bats within the Rhinolophus ferrumequinum group (Mammalia, Chiroptera)

M Uvizl, Z Kotyková Varadínová, P Benda - Zoologica Scripta, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The horseshoe bats of the Rhinolophus ferrumequinum group form a well‐defined lineage
within the Afro‐Palaearctic clade of the genus Rhinolophus. The group currently comprises …

New data on bats from Dire Dawa region, eastern Ethiopia, with the first record of Rhinopoma microphyllum in the country

P Benda, M Kasso, V Nicolas, D Pleurdeau… - Journal of Natural …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A small collection of bats composed of six species from Dire Dawa area, eastern
Ethiopia, is presented. Besides three species previously known in the region, Rousettus …

The mammals of Yemen (Chordata: Mammalia)

M Mensoor - 2023 - preprints.org
This paper discusses and reviews the current taxonomic status and zoogeographical
distribution of the mammals of Yemen. Data were collected from previous literature in …

The first vertebrate fossil from Socotra Island (Yemen) is an early Holocene Egyptian fruit bat

K Van Damme, P Benda, D Van Damme… - Journal of natural …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Data on the prehistoric biota of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) are scarce. We report on
the first extinct vertebrate ever recorded from this western Indian Ocean island group. An …

[PDF][PDF] Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 16. Review of the distribution and taxonomy of bats in Egypt

P Benda, M Ševčík - Acta Soc Zool Bohem, 2020 - researchgate.net
A comprehensive list of bat records available from Egypt was compiled from the literature
(453 published and unpublished sources), supplemented by few records based on …

Ecological preferences of the endemic reptile community of Socotra

M Fasola, E Razzetti, R Sindaco, U Ziliani… - … Lincei. Scienze Fisiche …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Socotra Archipelago is a unique hotspot of biodiversity, particularly for
terrestrial reptiles (28 endemic out of 31 native species) whose ecology is known only in …

[PDF][PDF] African bats in the collection of the National Museum, Prague (Chiroptera). I. Bats from Zambia.

P BENDA, M UVIZL, J ŠKLÍBA, V MAZOCH… - Lynx, series …, 2022 - researchgate.net
A list of 139 specimens of bats belonging to 32 species of eight families originating from
Zambia, housed in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, is …

[PDF][PDF] Systematic catalogue of mammals (Mammalia) in the collection of the National Museum Prague. I. Chiroptera: Rhinolophoidea 1.

P BENDA - Lynx, series nova, 2021 - researchgate.net
CATALOGUE Systematic catalogue of mammals (Mammalia) in the collection of the National
Museum Prague. I. Chiroptera: Rhinolophoi Page 1 155 CATALOGUE KATALOG Lynx, ns …

[PDF][PDF] Mammals of Yemen

MK Mensoor - researchgate.net
This paper discusses and reviews the current taxonomic status and zoogeographical
distribution of the mammals of Yemen. Data were collected from previous literature in …