Description of a new species of the Miniopterus aelleni group (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from upland areas of central and northern Madagascar Author Goodman, Steven M. Author Ramasindrazana, Beza Author Naughton, Kate M. Author Appleton, Belinda text Zootaxa 2015 3936 4 538 558 journal article 41787 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.4 dd1bdc0a-5e97-4e57-aef0-25d6bfd5fa1a 1175-5326 288178 26655EB2-0352-4D4F-BBD6-44F89D05DC41

TABLE 2. External measurements (in millimeters) and mass (in grams) of adult (sexes combined) Miniopterus ambohitrensis sp. nov. and M. aelleni sensu stricto. Measurements were all taken by the same field collector (SMG) and presented as mean ± standard deviation, minimum and maximum measurements, and number of specimens. Statistical differences between M. ambohitrensis and M. aelleni based on student t-tests, n.s. = not significant.

M. ambohitrensis Holotype ♂ FMNH 202450	100	41	5	6	11 40	7.7
M. ambohitrensis	97.0 ± 2.18 93 ‾ 102, n=23	43.6 ± 1.74 40 ‾ 47, n=24	6.1 ± 0.50 5 ‾ 7, n=24	6.3 ± 0.44 6 ‾ 7, n=24	10.8 ± 0.48 39.6 ± 0.94 10 ‾ 12, n=24 37 ‾ 42, n=24	6.4 ± 0.63 5.3 ‾ 7.7, n=24
M. aelleni Holotype ♀ FMNH 173067	89	43	7	6	11 38	3.9
M. aelleni	90.0 ± 1.60 87–93, n=15	41.7 ± 1.92 39–44, n=15	5.7 ± 0.72 5–7, n=15	5.7 ± 0.49 5–6, n=15	10.8 ± 0.68 37.1 ±1.04 10–12, n=15 35–38, n=15	4.5 ± 0.49 3.7–5.4, n=15
T-statistics for M. ambohitrensis compared to M. aelleni	T=10.59 P <0.0001	T=3.48 P =0.001	T=2.12 P =0.04	T=3.99 P =0.0003	T=7.82 n.s. P <0.0001	T=9.64 P <0.0001