A review of the bats (Chiroptera) of the Republic of Congo, including eight species new to the country Author Bates, Paul J. J. Harrison Institute, Centre for Systematics and Biodiversity Research, Bowerwood House, St Botolph’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN 13 3 AQ, United Kingdom & Corresponding author: E-mail: pjjbates 2 @ hotmail. com pjjbates2@hotmail.com Author Cameron, Kenneth Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460, USA Author Pearch, Malcolm J. Harrison Institute, Centre for Systematics and Biodiversity Research, Bowerwood House, St Botolph’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN 13 3 AQ, United Kingdom Author Hayes, Benjamin Monadh, Inveruglas, Kingussie, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom text Acta Chiropterologica 2013 2013-12-01 15 2 313 340 journal article 21486 10.3161/150811013X678955 69c434f8-762e-4e43-bc29-d0da90994625 1733-5329 3943563

TABLE 2. External measurements (mm) and bacular length (mm) of 14 bat species recently collected at Lekoumou, Congo. Acronyms explained in the Materials and Methods section include means, ranges, and, where relevant, standard deviations. Numbers in parentheses refer to sample size where they differ from those stated in column 2

Species	No./sex FA		EAR	TIBIA	HF	TAIL	BAC L	MASS
			Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus alcyone	♂	52.9	18.5	23.7	12.9	25.4	3.3	13.5
	♀	53.0	22.4	24.5	12.2	23.6	*	12.5
Hipposideridae
Hipposideros ruber	4♂♂ 51.0 ± 0.75		14.3 ± 2.11	21.0 ± 1.45	8.7 ± 0.37	31.8 ± 2.82	0.8 (1)	9.2 ± 0.66
		50.5–52.1	12.3–17.2	19.6–22.6	8.2–9.0	29.5–35.2	*	8.5–10.0
H. caffer	♂	49.7	15.8	20.7	8.4	30.7	not found	9.0
Triaenops afer	♂	57.5	10.3	20.5	10.0	28.8	1.8	15.0
	2♀♀	54.4, 54.7	10.6, 13.3	18.4, 19.3	8.7, 9.8	28.8, 29.5	*	12.0 (1)
			Nycteridae
Nycteris hispida	♂	35.8	16.5	17.2	6.9	39.6	3.0	4.7
			Vespertilionidae
Glauconycteris alboguttata ♀		39.5	9.2	19.5	8.6	40.4	*	8.9
G. beatrix	♀	40.8	9.5	20.8	4.9	40.2	*	6.0
Hypsugo crassulus	♂	26.7	7.8	11.6	6.1	*	3.9	4.0
Mimetillus moloneyi	♂	30.2	8.1	11.0	6.9	27.3	not found	9.5
Neoromicia brunnea	♂	35.7	10.8	13.4	7.8	31.7	3.0	6.8
N. nana	♂	31.1	7.6	13.5	5.8	24.9	1.8	3.8
N. tenuipinnis	2♀♀	29.6, 30.4	8.7, 8.8	10.9, 11.3	6.1, 6.5	26.7, 27.7	*	3.8, 4.3
Pipistrellus nanulus	♂	26.1	8.2	9.5	6.2	21.1	4.3	3.8
			Miniopteridae
Miniopterus inflatus	2♂♂	45.8, 46.6	8.6, 9.7	18.1, 18.2	9.8, 10.2	40.7, 42.8	not found	8.5, 10.0
	2♀♀	45.4, 48.8	10.0, 10.1	17.3, 18.7	8.8, 10.5	42.3, 42.4	*	9.0, 9.5