From greener times: a new species of Thick-thumbed Myotis from Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Abstract
A new species of Myotis is described from Cambodia. The species is characterised by its fleshy, bicolored thumb, large foot sole, full dentition, relatively short rostrum, and high frontal part of skull. The species is currently only known from the city of Phnom Penh.
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