A revision of Centronycteris Gray (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) with notes on natural history

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3239

By

Simmons, Nancy B.

Handley, Charles O. Jr. (Charles Overton), 1924-2000

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1998

Notes

Caption title.

"August 27, 1998."

"Gazetteer ... provides locality information for all specimens of Centronycteris examined by us or reported in the literature": p. 6-9.

"Centronycteris is a genus of rare Neotropical emballonurid bats that ranges from southern Mexico to southeastern Brazil. Although this taxon has been known to scientists for over 175 years, few specimens exist in museum collections. The last revision of the genus (Sanborn, 1936) recognized one species and two subspecies. Based on a sample of specimens four times greater than was available to Sanborn, we find that Centronycteris comprises at least two species, C. maximiliani Fischer and C. centralis Thomas, which are easily distinguished on the basis of craniodental morphology. Centronycteris maximiliani ranges from southeastern Brazil to the Guianas, and west through northern Brazil and southern Venezuela; C. centralis ranges from Peru north through Central America to southern Mexico. Both species are known principally from lowland primary rainforest habitats, although C. centralis also occurs up to 1450 m. Aside from limited information on roost sites and reproduction, little else is known about the natural history of these rare bats. A review of published hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships of emballonurids suggests that Centronycteris is most closely related to other Neotropical taxa, but there is no consensus regarding identity of its sister taxon"--P. 2.

Subjects

Central America , Centronycteris , Classification , Mammals , Mexico , South America

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3239, 1998

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 39954333