A selection |
Chiroblog: the bat actuality for french speakers !
Bat research in the world: a Googlemap with locations and websites adresses of world batlabs and institutions!
Bat Identification Keys: a Googlemap with Bat ID Keys and Bat Reviews per region downloadable as PDF.
Photo exhibition: "The stunning world of bats !"
Research
- Bibliography: World Bat Library - Museum of Geneva (Switzerland)
- Distribution maps: Bat distribution viewer
- Pictures: Arkive - Images of Life on Earth
- Taxonomy: Mammal Species of the World, a database of Mammalian taxonomy. Wilson and Reeder, 2005.
- Life-history traits: PanTheria, a species-level database of life history, ecology and geography of extant and recently extinct Mammals. Jones et al., 2009.
- Molecular data: GenBank, a database of DNA sequences.
- Echolocation calls: batcalls.com - Identification of European bat species by their echolocation calls.
- Radiotracking: Movebank, a database for animal tracking data.
- Age: Anage, the animal ageing and longevity database. de Magalhaes and Costa, 2009.
- Distribution maps: Bat distribution viewer
- Pictures: Arkive - Images of Life on Earth
- Taxonomy: Mammal Species of the World, a database of Mammalian taxonomy. Wilson and Reeder, 2005.
- Life-history traits: PanTheria, a species-level database of life history, ecology and geography of extant and recently extinct Mammals. Jones et al., 2009.
- Molecular data: GenBank, a database of DNA sequences.
- Echolocation calls: batcalls.com - Identification of European bat species by their echolocation calls.
- Radiotracking: Movebank, a database for animal tracking data.
- Age: Anage, the animal ageing and longevity database. de Magalhaes and Costa, 2009.
Conservation
- Bat Conservation International: Protecting bats and their habitats worldwide.
- IUCN Red List: Look for information about Taxonomy, Assesment information, Geographic range, Population, Habitat and Ecology, Threats & Conservation actions.
- IUCN SSC Bat Specialist Group: The official website for the Bat Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
- BatLife Europe: an International NGO promoting the conservation of all bat species and their habitats throughout Europe.
- African Chiroptera project: A website to assist the conservation of Africa's bat diversity.
- RELCOM: Conservation of bats from Central and South America
- IUCN Red List: Look for information about Taxonomy, Assesment information, Geographic range, Population, Habitat and Ecology, Threats & Conservation actions.
- IUCN SSC Bat Specialist Group: The official website for the Bat Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
- BatLife Europe: an International NGO promoting the conservation of all bat species and their habitats throughout Europe.
- African Chiroptera project: A website to assist the conservation of Africa's bat diversity.
- RELCOM: Conservation of bats from Central and South America
The "Bat Tree of Life": Selected pieces of the scientific litterature
For a position of the Order Chiroptera in the Mammal Tree of Life, check this blogpost.
For a good overview of the Order Chiroptera: Teeling et al. 2005.
According to the new findings using DNA and molecular biology,
the two suborders Microchiroptera and Megachiroptera
would have been rearranged in a suborder Yangochiroptera (or Vespertilioniformes)
and a suborder Yinpterochiroptera (or Pteropodiformes).
For some detailed family phylogenies:
- Hiposideridae: Murray et al. 2012.
- Rhinolophidae: Stoffberg et al. 2010.
- Natalidae: Tejenborg, 2011.
- Phyllostomidae: Dumont et al. 2011.
- Emballonuridae: Ruedi et al. 2012 [Abstract].
- Vespertilionidae: Hoofer & Van Den Bussche, 2003 [Abstract].
and the proposed new family Cistugidae. Lack et al. 2010 [Abstract].
For a good overview of the Order Chiroptera: Teeling et al. 2005.
According to the new findings using DNA and molecular biology,
the two suborders Microchiroptera and Megachiroptera
would have been rearranged in a suborder Yangochiroptera (or Vespertilioniformes)
and a suborder Yinpterochiroptera (or Pteropodiformes).
For some detailed family phylogenies:
- Hiposideridae: Murray et al. 2012.
- Rhinolophidae: Stoffberg et al. 2010.
- Natalidae: Tejenborg, 2011.
- Phyllostomidae: Dumont et al. 2011.
- Emballonuridae: Ruedi et al. 2012 [Abstract].
- Vespertilionidae: Hoofer & Van Den Bussche, 2003 [Abstract].
and the proposed new family Cistugidae. Lack et al. 2010 [Abstract].
