A new Amazonian species of Micronycteris (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) with notes on the roosting behavior of sympatric congeners

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3358

By

Simmons, Nancy B.

Voss, Robert S.
Fleck, David W. (David William), 1969-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2002

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"March 26, 2002."

Micronycteris sensu stricto is a diverse group of small to medium-sized phyllostomid bats characterized by large rounded pinnae that are connected at the base by an interauricular band of skin. Eight species are currently recognized, including three with dark venters (hirsuta, megalotis, microtis) and five with pale venters (brosseti, sanborni, schmidtorum, minuta, homezi). As many as seven species can occur sympatrically at Amazonian localities. In this paper we describe a new dark-bellied species from the lowlands of northeastern Peru and document its diagnostic external and craniodental characters. We also summarize information about diurnal roosting habitats for the new species and its Amazonian congeners, and we emphasize the importance of nonconventional collecting methods for future studies of phyllostomine diversity in Neotropical rainforests.

Subjects

Amazon River Region , Bats , Classification , Habitat , Loreto (Department) , Mammals , Micronycteris , Micronycteris matses , Peru

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3358 2002

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2002)358<0001:ANASOM>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 49534479