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APPENDIX 1 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED 
The following list includes all specimens used in the morphological components of this 
study with data on their respective localities. See Materials and Methods for institutional 
abbreviations. 
Myotis morrisi (N = 1). ETHIOPIA— Blue Nile Gorge, Mouth of Didessa River, Forward 
Base Three (BMNH 70.488 [holotype]). 
Myotis nimbaensis (N = 2). GUINEA—Nimba Mountains, Kaiser Adit 2, N07.66499, 
W008.37223 (AMNH 279589 [holotype], 279590 [paratype]). 
Myotis tricolor (N = 28). ETHIOPIA— Amhara Region, Agew Awi Zone, Dangila (BMNH 
37.2.24.13); KENYA—Rift Valley Province, 20 mi. SW of Kitale, R. Barberton Farm (USNM 
351060, 351061); Rift Valley Province, Crater of Mt. Menengai, 7400 ft. (USNM 317927, 
317928); Rift Valley Province, 3mi NW Nakuru, Menengai Crater, 6500 ft. (BMNH 75.2549— 
75.2554); Rift Valley Province, West Pokot County, Sigor, Wei-Wei River (BMNH 75.2555); 
LIBERIA—Grand Cape Mt., Bomi wood concession (AMNH 257053); MALAWI—Zomba 
District, Zomba (BMNH 87.1082); SOUTH AFRICA—Eastern Cape Province, King William's 
