Small Mammals Of The Mayo River Basin In Northern Peru, With The Description Of A New Species Of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
Author
Velazco, Paúl M.
Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy) American Museum of Natural History
Author
Patterson, Bruce D.
Integrative Research Center Field Museum of Natural History
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2019
2019-04-05
2019
429
1
69
journal article
0003-0090
Anoura geoffroyi
Gray, 1838
VOUCHER MATERIAL:
Waqanki
:
2 adult
females (
FMNH 203530
;
MUSM 39114
),
2 adult
males (
FMNH 203528
;
MUSM 39115
)
; see table 7 for measurements.
IDENTIFICATION: The review of the
Anoura geoffroyi
species complex by
Mantilla-Meluk and Baker (2010)
elevated the two nonnominal subspecies of
A. geoffroyi
to species rank:
A. peruana
(
Tschudi, 1844
)
and
A. lasiopyga
(Peters, 1868)
. Based on the distributions provided by
Mantilla-Meluk and Baker (2010)
, two
Anoura
species
occur in
Peru
:
A. peruana
from the middle to high elevations of the Andes from
Bolivia
to
Colombia
, and
A. geoffroyi
from middle and low elevations of the eastern versant of the Andes from
Brazil
to northern South America, including the island of
Trinidad
. However,
Pacheco et al. (2018)
suggested that Mantilla- Meluk and Baker (2010) erroneously removed
A. geoffroyi
from the list of species present in
Peru
. Our Mayo River basin voucher material conforms with previous descriptions of
A. geoffroyi
, sharing the diagnostic characteristics of the species with specimens from
Brazil
(e.g., AMNH 78288, 78296; see below) and hence confirming presence of this species in
Peru
.
Descriptions and measurements of
Anoura geoffroyi
have been reported by
Griffiths and Gardner (2008a)
and
Mantilla-Meluk and Baker (2010)
. No subspecies are currently recognized in
A. geoffroyi
sensu stricto
(
Mantilla-Meluk and Baker, 2010
). The Mayo River basin specimens exhibit the diagnostic characteristics of the species: narrow uropatagium with a fringe of hair; lack of tail; zygomatic arches present; medial internal cusp of P5 prominently protruding from narrow base of tooth; upper and lower last two premolars narrow; and first lower premolar approximately the same size and shape as other lower premolars (
Griffiths and Gardner, 2008a
;
Mantilla-Meluk and Baker, 2010
).