Brains of Vespertilionids
作者:
H. STEPHAN,
H. D. FRAHM,
G. BARON,
期刊:
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
(WILEY Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 25,
issue 1
页码: 67-80
ISSN:0947-5745
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1987.tb00914.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Brain;Macromorphology;Encephalization;Morphometry;Brain composition;Vespertilionid Bats
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractMacromorphology and encephalization (EI) of brains were compared in 58 Vespertilionid species, brain composition in 36 species: 46 or 27 species of Vespertilioninae, 8 or 5 species of Miniopterinae, 2 species of Kerivoulinae, and 2 species of Nyctophilinae. Subfamily differences were found in the extent of the cover of the mesencephalon. It is nearly fully covered inKerivoula papulosa(Kerivoulinae), at least half covered (by the cerebellum) in Miniopterinae, and free (completely or nearly so) in Nyctophilinae and Vespertilioninae. In relative brain size, the Kerivoulinae are highest (average EI = 130), followed by the Miniopterinae (111), Nyctophilinae (102) and Vespertilioninae (95). The higher encephalization of Kerivoulinae and Miniopterinae is accompanied by a marked increase of relative size in cerebellum and striatum, and in Kerivoulinae, in hippocampus and neocortex as well.
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