title: Thumb-pads up-a new species of thick-thumbed bat from Sumatra (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Glischropus).
abstract: To date, three species of the genus Glischropus are recognized from the Indomalayan zoogeographic region-G. bucephalus from the Indochinese subregion, G. tylopus from the Sundaic subregion (Peninsular Thailand and Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Moluccas) and G. javanus, restricted to Java. The investigation of the holotype and three topotype specimens of G. batjanus supported the view that the name was previously correctly regarded as the junior subjective synonym of G. tylopus. During review of material recently collected in southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia, one specimen of a yet undescribed species of Thick-thumbed bat was identified. G. aquilus n. sp. markedly differs from its congeners by its dark brown pelage, nearly black ear and tragus, and in skull proportions. The phylogenetic analysis based on cytb sequences also supports the specific distinctness of G. aquilus n. sp. Its discovery brings the count to 88 species of bats known from Sumatra.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13., 1088 Budapest, Hungary.; Email: csorba@nhmus.hu.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Csorba
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13., 1088 Budapest, Hungary. Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungária krt. 21., 1143 Budapest, Hungary; Email: gorfol@nhmus.hu.
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Görföl
authors.affiliation: Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Centre for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Widyasatwaloka Building, Jl Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km. 46, 16911 Cibinong, Indonesia.; Email: wiantoro@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sigit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wiantoro
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA.; Email: tigga.kingston@ttu.edu.
authors.forename: Tigga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kingston
authors.affiliation: Centre for Systematics and Biodiversity Research, Harrison Institute, Bowerwood House, St Botolph's Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3AQ, UK.; Email: pjjbates2@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Paul J J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA. Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA; Email: chun-chia.huang@ttu.edu.
authors.forename: Joe Chun-Chia
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004247:DNA