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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FF162323FE698873" box="[228,482,305,328]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">Micronycteris homezi</emphasis>
Pirlot
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<figureCitation id="5F8B5183FFD4FFE7FEB62340FE23885E" box="[324,424,338,357]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="72.[120,158,1555,1576]" captionTargetBox="[151,1144,208,1532]" captionTargetId="figure-14@72.[147,1144,208,1533]" captionTargetPageId="72" captionText="Fig. 30. Live views of Micronycteris homezi (AMNH 267414; male). Note the pale ventral fur, the long hairs on the leading edge of each pinna, and the very deep, V­shaped notch in the interauricular band; the cutaneous fossa is visible through the notch in the interauricular band. The hairs covering the fossa in this view are rooted in the skin surrounding the fossa, and on the underside (posterior surface) of the interauricular band; the fossa itself is hairless." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4545116" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4545116/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">Figures 30</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="5F8B5183FFD4FFE7FE472340FE47885E" box="[437,460,338,357]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStartId-0="73.[154,192,1616,1637]" captionStartId-1="74.[120,158,1419,1440]" captionTargetBox-0="[219,1141,212,1585]" captionTargetBox-1="[301,993,214,1394]" captionTargetId-0="figure-12@73.[211,1150,208,1595]" captionTargetId-1="figure-16@74.[292,999,208,1397]" captionTargetPageId-0="73" captionTargetPageId-1="74" captionText-0="Fig. 31. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the skull of Micronycteris homezi (AMNH 267414; male). Dorsal (C) and ventral (D) views of the skull of M. minuta (AMNH 267875; male). Scale bars = 10 mm." captionText-1="Fig. 32. Lateral views of the skull and lower jaw of (A) Micronycteris homezi (AMNH 267414; male) and (B) M. minuta (AMNH 267875; male). Note the species difference in premolar proportions. Scale bars = 10 mm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4545118" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4545120" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4545118/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4545120/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">32</figureCitation>
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VOUCHER MATERIAL:
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IDENTIFICATION:
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FEAE23A5FDD188F5" box="[348,602,439,462]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">Micronycteris homezi</emphasis>
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was originally described by Pirlot (1967), who considered it a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FE1F23E0FD8E8B32" box="[493,517,498,521]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">M</emphasis>
.
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. Prior to the present study, the only specimens referred to
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FEF1203FFEDE8B7F" box="[259,341,557,580]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">homezi</emphasis>
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were those of Pirlots type series from the Maracaibo Basin of northwestern Venezuela (ca. 2200 km WNW of Paracou). Simmons (1996b: 4) discussed the brief history of this taxon:
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<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD4FFE7FF6920C7FDD08BD3" authority="Pirlot, 1967" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" box="[155,603,725,744]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="71" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="megalotis" subSpecies="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FF6920C7FE5E8BD3" box="[155,469,725,744]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">Micronycteris megalotis homezi</emphasis>
Pirlot, 1967
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, was named based on three specimens collected in the western Venezuelan state of Zulia. These specimens (including the holotype) were destroyed along with the rest of Pirlots collection sometime during the 1970s (Pirlot, phone conversation with T. Griffiths). The published description of
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is incomplete, but several features described by Pirlot (e.g., pale venter, deep notch in ear membrane) suggest that
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FF6921BFFF568AFB" box="[155,221,941,960]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">homezi</emphasis>
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is not related to
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FE8E21BFFE5D8AFB" box="[380,470,941,960]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">megalotis</emphasis>
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. It is not clear from the type description if
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FE7321D7FE488AE3" box="[385,451,965,984]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">homezi</emphasis>
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represents a distinct species or is synonymous with
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FE3621CFFD8F8ACB" box="[452,516,989,1008]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">minuta</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FDE021CFFD008ACB" box="[530,651,989,1008]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">schmidtorum</emphasis>
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, or
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FF4421E7FE838D33" box="[182,264,1013,1032]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">sanborni</emphasis>
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.
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Simmons (1996b) found Pirlots description of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FF56262CFF7D8D6E" box="[164,246,1086,1109]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">homezi</emphasis>
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to be inadequate for several reasons, including (1) no description of the dentition, (2) no measurements other than length of the forearm, and (3) no mention of relative size of the calcar. The only truly distinctive character of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FEEB26C2FEE08DDC" box="[281,363,1232,1255]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">homezi</emphasis>
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described by Pirlot was a creux cutané glabre (smooth cutaneous fossa) on the top of the head between the ears behind the interauricular band. Pirlot (1967: 265) described this peculiar structure as follows:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFD4FFE7FF692784FE048F1A" blockId="71.[155,658,1430,1569]" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">Cest une petite plage subovale, partiellement glabre, limitée par un bourrelet très net. Les deux versants antérieur et postérieur de cette plage se terminent dans le sillon transversal qui va dune oreille à lautre. Sur le versant antérieur, une rangée de poils relativement longs est implantée.</paragraph>
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An accompanying drawing of the dorsum of the head with the ears and interauricular band folded forward (op. cit.: fig. 1) shows little more than the location of the structure in question. Although Pirlot did not explicitly discuss sexual dimorphism, he apparently had both male and female examples of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FB6622C5FD6B8830" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">homezi</emphasis>
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in hand (op. cit.: 262), suggesting that the cutaneous fossa is present in both sexes.
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Having never seen a structure resembling Pirlots cutaneous fossa, Simmons (1996b) inferred that he was just describing the naked patch of skin that lies underneath the interauricular band and the attached hair tuft in all
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FD1A23D3FC0088E3" box="[744,907,449,472]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">Micronycteris</emphasis>
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species. The interauricular band is normally folded back against the top of the head so that the posterior (ventral) surface of the band is closely appressed to the skin of the head. The cranial skin covered by the band appears naked (although a sparse coat of fine hairs can be seen under magnification), and it is fully exposed only when the ears are drawn forward. This naked patch varies in size among species of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FBCA20DBFD588BC5" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">Micronycteris</emphasis>
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, being largest in species with a high interauricuar band (e.g.,
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FC322116FB9A8A20" box="[960,1041,772,795]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">minuta</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FBD52116FB058A20" box="[1063,1166,772,795]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">sanborni</emphasis>
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) and smallest in those with a low interauricular band (e.g.,
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FCA5212DFC438A6D" box="[855,968,831,854]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">megalotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD4FFE7FC12212DFBB48A6D" box="[992,1087,831,854]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="71" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FC12212DFBB48A6D" box="[992,1087,831,854]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). However, this interpretation of Pirlots creux cutané glabre now appears incorrect.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFD4FFE7FD2F2184FCD08C73" blockId="71.[704,1233,214,1763]" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">
One of the specimens that we collected at Paracou—AMNH 267414, an adult malehas a well­defined, hairless fossa on the top of the head between the ears and behind the interauricular band (fig. 30). Smooth and glabrous inside, this pit is surrounded by a rim of skin with coarse projecting hairs, exactly as Pirlot described. Although no histological work has yet been done, this structure appears to be a glandular pouch or a pouch in which glandular secretions might be stored. To the best of our knowledge, this structure is unique among bats (for a summary of known chiropteran glandular structures, see
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FFD4FFE7FD322723FCC58C73" author="Quay, W. B." box="[704,846,1329,1352]" editor="W. A. Wimsatt" journalOrPublisher="vol" pageId="71" pageNumber="71" pagination="58 - 152" part="II" refId="ref99593" refString="Quay, W. B. 1970. Integument and derivatives. In W. A. Wimsatt (ed.), Biology of bats, vol. II, pp. 58 - 152. New York: Academic Press." title="Integument and derivatives" type="journal article" volumeTitle="Biology of bats" year="1970">Quay, 1970</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFD4FFE7FD2F275CFC4D8FD8" blockId="71.[704,1233,214,1763]" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">
Several other characters of our specimen correspond with Pirlots (1967) description of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FD11279BFCBE8C9B" box="[739,821,1417,1440]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, including (1) small size (forearm length 36.5 mm in Paracou specimen, 31.4 37.4 mm in Pirlots series), (2) a pale venter (much lighter than the dorsal fur), and (3) a high interauricular band divided into roughly triangular flaps by a deep median notch. Because our material agrees closely with Pirlots description, and because of its clear distinctness from any other named congeneric form, we conclude that AMNH 267414 represents a valid species that should be called
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD4FFE7FD3224DEFC358FD8" box="[704,958,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="71">Micronycteris homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFDBFFE8FF8A2401FD1F8FA9" blockId="72.[94,1198,1555,1682]" pageId="72" pageNumber="72">
Fig. 30. Live views of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFDBFFE8FE702401FDEC8F13" box="[386,615,1555,1576]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="72">Micronycteris homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 267414; male). Note the pale ventral fur, the long hairs on the leading edge of each pinna, and the very deep, V­shaped notch in the interauricular band; the cutaneous fossa is visible through the notch in the interauricular band. The hairs covering the fossa in this view are rooted in the skin surrounding the fossa, and on the underside (posterior surface) of the interauricular band; the fossa itself is hairless.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFDAFFE9FF682442FF7B8FA1" blockId="73.[128,1233,1616,1690]" pageId="73" pageNumber="73">
Fig. 31. Dorsal (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFDAFFE9FE932442FEFF8F5E" bold="true" box="[353,372,1616,1637]" pageId="73" pageNumber="73">A</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFDAFFE9FDE12442FDAF8F5E" bold="true" box="[531,548,1616,1637]" pageId="73" pageNumber="73">B</emphasis>
) views of the skull of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFDAFFE9FCD42442FB868F5E" box="[806,1037,1616,1637]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="73">Micronycteris homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 267414; male). Dorsal (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFDAFFE9FED12478FEBD8F44" bold="true" box="[291,310,1642,1663]" pageId="73" pageNumber="73">C</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFDAFFE9FE232478FE6F8F44" bold="true" box="[465,484,1642,1663]" pageId="73" pageNumber="73">D</emphasis>
) views of the skull of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFDAFFE9FD122479FCC58FBB" box="[736,846,1643,1664]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="73" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFDAFFE9FD122479FD7D8FBB" box="[736,758,1643,1664]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="73">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFDAFFE9FCF72479FCC58FBB" box="[773,846,1643,1664]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="73">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 267875; male). Scale bars = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFD9FFEAFF8A2799FECF8CEE" blockId="74.[94,1199,1418,1493]" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">
Fig. 32. Lateral views of the skull and lower jaw of (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFD2E2798FD648CA4" bold="true" box="[732,751,1418,1439]" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">A</emphasis>
)
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD9FFEAFCF12799FC618C9B" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" box="[771,1002,1419,1440]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFCF12799FC618C9B" box="[771,1002,1419,1440]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">Micronycteris homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 267414; male) and (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFF2827B7FF608C81" bold="true" box="[218,235,1445,1466]" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">B</emphasis>
)
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD9FFEAFF0F27B4FEE08C80" box="[253,363,1445,1467]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFF0F27B4FE988C80" box="[253,275,1446,1467]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFED027B4FEE08C80" box="[290,363,1446,1467]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 267875; male). Note the species difference in premolar proportions. Scale bars = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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The congeneric species that most closely resembles
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFF2E242BFEA58F6B" box="[220,302,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in external morphology is
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFFAC2445FF248F55" box="[94,175,1623,1646]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In addition to similar size, fur color, and form of the interauricular band, both
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD9FFEAFFAC2483FF3B8F93" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" box="[94,176,1681,1704]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFFAC2483FF3B8F93" box="[94,176,1681,1704]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFF1D2483FECB8F93" box="[239,320,1681,1704]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have a calcar that is noticeably shorter than the hindfoot. The later character was previously thought to be uniquely diagnostic of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFC35240EFB938F08" box="[967,1048,1564,1587]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFB76240EFCAA8F6B" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">Micronycteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g., see key to species in Simmons, 1996b: table 3). Indeed, we initially misidentified our specimen of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFBF22466FBD98FB0" box="[1024,1106,1652,1675]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD9FFEAFB8B2466FD488F93" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFB8B2466FD488F93" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
before noticing the cutaneous fossa and other differences. Comparisons of our material from Paracou indicate that
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD9FFEAFBD724DEFBFC8FD8" box="[1061,1143,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="74">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFF7222C5FF5A89D5" box="[128,209,215,238]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF7222C5FF5A89D5" box="[128,209,215,238]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are distinguished by numerous features, including the following: (1) a cutaneous fossa is present on the top of the head in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFF72233DFF59887D" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" box="[128,210,303,326]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF72233DFF59887D" box="[128,210,303,326]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but absent in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE7E233DFE56887D" box="[396,477,303,326]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (2) the triangular skin flaps that comprise the interauricular band are higher in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFE4B237BFD8088BB" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" box="[441,523,361,384]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE4B237BFD8088BB" box="[441,523,361,384]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(height of flap equal to width of flap at base) than in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF7223B6FF5A8880" box="[128,209,420,443]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(height of flap slightly less than width at base); (3) the white base of each hair in the pelage of the upper back comprises approximately
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFEEA23E9FEC58B28" bold="true" box="[280,334,507,531]" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">¼–½</emphasis>
of the length of each hair in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFF6D200BFF7A8B0B" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" box="[159,241,537,560]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF6D200BFF7A8B0B" box="[159,241,537,560]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, whereas the white base comprises
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF722024FF3D8B75" bold="true" box="[128,182,566,590]" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">½–⅔</emphasis>
of each hair in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE772025FE5D8B75" box="[389,470,567,590]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (4) the length of the fur over the upper back is approximately 78 mm in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE932063FE388BB3" box="[353,435,625,648]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while it is shorter (57 mm) in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFED0209DFEF88B9D" box="[290,371,655,678]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (5) the fur on the outside of the medial third of the pinna is long (78 mm) in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFEE820DBFEE78BDB" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" box="[282,364,713,736]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFEE820DBFEE78BDB" box="[282,364,713,736]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but is much shorter (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFD9920DAFD0A8BDB" bold="true" box="[619,641,712,736]" pageId="75" pageNumber="75"></emphasis>
3 mm) in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFF1B20F5FEB18BC5" box="[233,314,743,766]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF1B20F5FEB18BC5" box="[233,314,743,766]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (6) the second phalanx of wing digit IV is shorter than the first in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFDA62116FF2B8A03" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFDA62116FF2B8A03" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while these phalanges are subequal in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFF72212DFF5A8A6D" box="[128,209,831,854]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF72212DFF5A8A6D" box="[128,209,831,854]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; and (7) P3 and P4 are subequal in anteroposterior length and the height of P3 is very slighly less than that of P4 in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FFD8FFEBFDC5216BFD028AAB" authorityName="Pirlot" authorityYear="1967" box="[567,649,889,912]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Micronycteris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homezi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFDC5216BFD028AAB" box="[567,649,889,912]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but P3 is noticeably smaller than P4 in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFDA92185FF2E8AF0" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFD8FFEBFF6F21C3FECB8C73" blockId="75.[128,658,214,1763]" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">
There are also size differences between
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF7221FDFE0A8D3D" box="[128,385,1007,1030]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">Micronycteris homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE3021FDFE518D3D" box="[450,474,1007,1030]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE1F21FDFDB58D3D" box="[493,574,1007,1030]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
where they occur sympatrically at Paracou (table 25), although the small sample sizes must be noted. In our material,
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE7F2655FE548D65" box="[397,479,1095,1118]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears slightly larger than
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFEC32676FE098D40" box="[305,386,1124,1147]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in body weight, forearm length, tibia length, and in all craniodental measurements. Some of these differences are trivial, but we expect that others (e.g., differences in tibia length, greatest length of skull, postorbital breadth) will be shown ultimately to represent consistent species differences.
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<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFD8FFEBFF6F275CFDCB8F6B" blockId="75.[128,658,214,1763]" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">
Comparisons with congeneric species oth­ er than
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF10277EFE688CB8" box="[226,483,1388,1411]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">Micronycteris minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be found under the species account for
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFDDF279BFD1A8C9B" box="[557,657,1417,1440]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">brosseti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(above) and will not be repeated here (see tables 2325 for comparative measurements). To summarize the distinctive characters of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFF7227EDFF598F2D" box="[128,210,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as represented by Pirlots original description and our single specimen), we provide an emended diagnosis below.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8FAA1E8DFFD8FFEBFF6C2444FC2F8D66" pageId="75" pageNumber="75" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFD8FFEBFF6C2444FB368AAB" blockId="75.[128,658,214,1763]" lastBlockId="75.[704,1233,214,1117]" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">
EMENDED DIAGNOSIS OF
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE2D2445FF5A8FB2" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">MICRONYCTERIS HOMEZI</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: A small species of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFE1C2466FD1A8FB0" box="[494,657,1652,1675]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">Micronycteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with dark brown dorsal fur and pale (gray or buff) ventral fur; dorsal hairs bicolored, 78 mm long in shoulder region, with white bas­ es comprising
<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFC9D22C4FC2E89D5" bold="true" box="[879,933,214,238]" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">¼–½</emphasis>
of each hair; fur on outside of medial third of pinna long (78 mm); ears connected by high interauricular band with a deep midline notch (resultant skin flaps triangular, height of each flap equal to width at base); cutaneous fossa present on top of head just posterior to interauricular band; second phalanx of wing digit IV short­ er than first; calcar shorter than foot; mastoid breadth greater than zygomatic breadth; crown height of upper incisors not reduced; no gap between outer upper incisor and canine; P3 and P4 subequal in anteroposterior length, height of P3 slighly less than that of P4; P4 with small lingual heel and poorly developed lingual cusp; M1 narrower than M2; no noticeable gap between posterior edge of cingulum of M2 and anterolingual edge of M3 when toothrow seen in occlusal view; lower incisors small and bilobed; p2 and p4 subequal in anteroposterior length and height, p3 smaller in both dimensions; coronoid process high, upper margin of ascending process with steep slope (25308).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FFD8FFEBFD2F2184FC2F8D66" blockId="75.[704,1233,214,1117]" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">
FIELD OBSERVATIONS: Our single specimen of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFD1721A6FC6C8AF0" box="[741,999,948,971]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">Micronycteris homezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was captured in a mistnet suspended 1821 m above a narrow dirt road through well­drained primary forest. Interestingly, this was the only example of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FFD8FFEBFD10263BFC0E8D7B" box="[738,901,1065,1088]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="75">Micronycteris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that we took in an elevated mistnet at Paracou.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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