First record of the rare bat Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner & Patton, 1972) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Bolivia

By

Siles, Lizette
Wallace, Robert B.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-1-5

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

1--6

Subjects

Andes , Identidad Madidi , Koepcke’s Hairy-nosed Bat , Madidi National Park , montane forest , Peru , Yungas

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.1.1

 

Abstract

The phyllostomid bat Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner & Patton, 1972) was considered endemic to Peru and restrict to only two localities, until it was recently collected in a new locality in Colombia. Now we report G. koepckeae for the first time in Bolivia, based on a specimen collected in a well-preserved montane forest inside the Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi. The site of capture is at 2280 m, which is the highest elevational record for the species. Gardnerycteris koepckeae is a rare species restricted to a fragile ecosystem threatened by mining and other changes in land use.