A new species of Chaerephon (Molossidae) from Madagascar with notes on other members of the family Author Goodman, Steven M. Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA, and WWF, BP 738, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar; E-mail: goodman @ fieldmuseum. org goodman@fieldmuseum.org Author C Ardiff, Scott G. Columbia University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, and Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA text Acta Chiropterologica 2004 2004-12-01 6 2 227 248 journal article 10.3161/001.006.0204 1733-5329 3944973

TABLE 1. External measurements (in mm) and body mass (in g) of Chaerephon jobimena and other members of this genus. Descriptive statistics presented as x ± SD (minimum–maximum, n). Samples measured by a single field collector are in bold. t -test statistical comparisons of measurements of C. jobimena and C. ansorgei (sexes combined for each species) were conducted: ** — P <0.001, *** — P <0.0001

Species	Total length	Head and body length	Tail length	Hindfoot length	Ear length	Forearm length	Body mass
1 — Taken from Allen (1917)
C. jobimena ♂♂	112.3 ± 2.88	–	39.9 ± 5.86	7.9 ± 0.93	23.1 ± 0.93	46.7 ± 0.87	14.6 ± 1.08
	(107–117, 9)	–	(32–51, 9)	(7–9, 9)	(22–24, 9)	(46–48, 9)	(12.5–16.0, 9)
♀♀	111.0 ± 3.46	–	39.3 ± 4.93	8.0 ± 1.00	21.7 ± 0.58	46.0 ± 1.0	14.2 ± 1.26
	(109–115, 3)	–	(36–45, 3)	(7–9, 3)	(21–27, 3)	(45–47, 3)	(13.0–15.5, 3)
♂♂+♀♀	112.0 ± 2.92	–	39.8 ± 5.43	7.9 ± 0.90	22.8 ± 1.06	46.5 ± 0.90	14.5 ± 1.09
	(107–117, 12)	–	(32–51, 12)	(7–9, 12)	(21–24, 12)	(45–48, 12)	(12.5–16.0, 12)
C. ansorgei	108.6 ± 3.85	–	35.6 ± 4.50	10.7 ± 1.36***	20.0 ± 0.71***	47, 50	–
	(104–112, 5)	–	(28–40, 5)	(9–12, 5)	(19–21, 5)	–	–
C. bemmeleni	110	–	40	12	17	47	–
C. bivittatus	113.0 ± 3.87	–	38.6 ± 2.16	11.3 ± 0.79	20.6 ± 1.05	48.7 ± 1.74	19.6 ± 3.54
	(106–119, 20)	–	(35–44, 20)	(10–13, 20)	(18–22, 20)	(45–51, 18)	(15.0–28.0, 18)
C. jobensis	112.3 ± 6.12	63.3 ± 2.08	39.3 ± 6.12	11.6 ± 6.12	19.8 ± 1.47	48.9 ± 1.13	21.0 ± 4.46
	(106–122, 11)	(64–68, 3)	(20–45, 15)	(10–12, 13)	(17–22, 15)	(47–51, 15)	(15.0–29.5, 13)
C. johorensis	–	72, 76	35, 38	17, 18	17, 20	40, 44	23.0, 26.2
C. leucogaster	88.4 ± 3.70	–	29.9 ± 1.88	6.9 ± 0.61	17.2 ± 0.43	36.2 ± 1.26	9.4 ± 1.53
	(80–95, 21)	–	(26–33, 21)	(6–8, 22)	(17–18, 22)	(33–38, 22)	(5.6–11.0, 18)
C. nigeriae	–	69.7 ± 3.30	39.1 ± 4.46	6.3 ± 0.96	18.9 ± 1.18	47.5 ± 2.37	17.0
	–	(61–73, 10)	(31–45, 10)	(5–7, 4)	(18–21, 7)	(45–52, 6)	–
C. plicatus	–	68.7 ± 1.42	39.1 ± 3.62	10.6 ± 0.82	20.1 ± 1.51	43.3 ± 0.58	–
	–	(67–71, 11)	(30–44, 11)	(9–11, 11)	(16–21, 11)	(43–44, 3)	–
C. pumilus	95.3 ± 3.16	–	35.2 ± 2.66	8.3 ± 0.58	15.7 ± 3.51	39.5 ± 0.71	11.9 ± 1.26
	(90–99, 10)	–	(30–40, 10)	(8–9, 3)	(12–19, 3)	(39–41, 10)	(9.5–14.0, 13)
C. russatus	100 1 (93–105, 24)	67.8 1 (62–73, 24)	33.1 1 (29–36, 24)	11.2 1 (10–13, 24)	20.2 1 (19–22, 24)	44.6 1 (42–46, 24)	– –