Hybridization, defined as breeding between two distinct taxonomic units, can have an
important effect on the evolutionary patterns in cross-breeding taxa. Although interspecific …

A complete list of bat records available from Iran was compiled from literature and from new
records, based on field studies and examination of museum specimens. The record review …

Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820 is widely distributed in the Old and New World (26 species),
and Histiotus Gervais, 1856 is a South American endemic (11 species). Molecular …

Sequences of the DNA barcode region of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene were
obtained from 38 species of northeastern Palaearctic bats to assess patterns of genetic …

The Myotis nattereri species complex consists of an entangled group of Western Palaearctic
bats characterized by fringing hairs along the rear edge of their uropatagium. Some …

Background Nowadays, molecular techniques are widespread tools for the identification of
biological entities. However, until very few years ago, their application to taxonomy provoked …

Integrative taxonomy aims to document biodiversity by incorporating all useful characters to
increase confidence in hypotheses about phylogenetic relationships. In this study, we …

This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology,
including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology …

The utility of DNA Barcoding for species identification and discovery has catalyzed a
concerted effort to build the global reference library; however, many animal groups of …

Understanding mechanisms involved in speciation can be challenging, especially when
hybridization or introgression blurs species boundaries. In bats, resolving relationships of …