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
Peropteryx kappleri
Peters, 1867
VOUCHER MATERIAL:
El Diamante
:
3 adult
males (
FMNH 203512
;
MUSM 39109
,
39110
)
; see table 3 for measurements.
IDENTIFICATION: We consulted the descriptions and measurements of
Peropteryx kappleri
provided by
Sanborn (1937)
,
Goodwin and Greenhall (1961)
,
Husson (1962
,
1978
),
Jones and Hood (1993)
,
Simmons and Voss (1998)
, and
Lim et al. (2010)
. Two subspecies are currently recog-
nized:
P. k.
kappleri
(Central America to
Ecuador
,
Venezuela
, Guianas, and southeastern
Brazil
) and
P. k. intermedius
(southern
Peru
) (
Hood and Gardner, 2008
). Our specimens conform in all respects to previous descriptions of the nominate subspecies: brown wings, ears not connected by a band of skin, lateral pterygoid pits small and shallow, and posterior border of the mesopterygoid extension level with the anterior border of the basisphenoid and lateral pterygoid pits, and a posterior cusp present on the anterior upper premolar. Our Mayo River basin voucher material is also encompassed by the range of measurements reported for the nominate subspecies.