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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FF342601FE148D11" box="[198,415,1043,1066]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">Promops centralis</emphasis>
Thomas
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,
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VOUCHER MATERIAL:
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IDENTIFICATION: References useful for identifying species of
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include
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, 1962),
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, and
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF3BFF08FE712706FF7C8C73" author="Genoways, H. H. &amp; S. L. Williams" journalOrPublisher="Ann. Carnegie Mus." pageId="168" pageNumber="168" pagination="323 - 335" part="48" refId="ref93773" refString="Genoways, H. H., and S. L. Williams 1979. Records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Suriname. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 48: 323 - 335." title="Records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Suriname" type="journal article" year="1979">Genoways and Williams (1979)</bibRefCitation>
, all of which include comparative measurements. Unfortunately, the genus has received no modern revisionary treatment and some vexing taxonomic problems remain.
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FF8E27D6FEE18CE0" box="[124,362,1476,1499]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">Promops centralis</emphasis>
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was originally described by Thomas (1915) based on three specimens from N. Yucatan, Mexico. Handley (1966) suggested that
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FE14240EFE738F08" box="[486,504,1564,1587]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">P</emphasis>
.
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Thomas (1915)
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from Paraguay and
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FDFC242BFDAB8F6B" box="[526,544,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">P</emphasis>
.
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Thomas (1921)
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from Peru might be conspecific with
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FEF42466FE938FB0" box="[262,280,1652,1675]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">P</emphasis>
.
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, but provided no supporting data. Although subsequent authors have accepted this synonymy, most have expressed doubts about the affinities of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FD6C21A6FD3B8AF0" box="[670,688,948,971]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">P</emphasis>
.
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, which may have affinities with
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FD6C21C3FD3B8AD3" box="[670,688,977,1000]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">P</emphasis>
.
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instead (
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;
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; Koopman, 1994). Setting aside specimens from the Pacific coast of Ecuador and Peru (referrable to
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FB88263BFD5C8D65" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">davisoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF3BFF08FD1A2654FC238D66" author="Koopman, K. F." bookContentInfo="33 pp." box="[744,936,1094,1117]" journalOrPublisher="Am. Mus. Novitates 2651" pageId="168" pageNumber="168" refId="ref96596" refString="Koopman, K. F. 1978. Zoogeography of Peruvian bats with special emphasis on the role of the Andes. Am. Mus. Novitates 2651: 33 pp." title="Zoogeography of Peruvian bats with special emphasis on the role of the Andes" type="book" year="1978">Koopman, 1978</bibRefCitation>
, 1994),
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FBF82655FB978D65" box="[1034,1052,1095,1118]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">P</emphasis>
.
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is now believed to range throughout much of the Neotropics. Whereas
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.
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FBF12693FB9B8DA3" box="[1027,1040,1153,1176]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">c</emphasis>
.
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is said to occur from Mexico to Surinam (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF3BFF08FC7426AEFD578DCB" author="Genoways, H. H. &amp; S. L. Williams" journalOrPublisher="Ann. Carnegie Mus." pageId="168" pageNumber="168" pagination="323 - 335" part="48" refId="ref93773" refString="Genoways, H. H., and S. L. Williams 1979. Records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Suriname. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 48: 323 - 335." title="Records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Suriname" type="journal article" year="1979">Genoways and Williams, 1979</bibRefCitation>
; Koopman, 1994), populations from eastern Peru to northern Argentina have been identified as
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FCC62706FCCD8C10" box="[820,838,1300,1323]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FCA72706FCE98C10" box="[853,866,1300,1323]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">c</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FC832706FC598C10" box="[881,978,1300,1323]" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">occultus</emphasis>
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(see Goodwin and Greenhall, 1962; Koopman, 1994).
</paragraph>
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Our voucher material corresponds closely to published descriptions of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3BFF08FBF7277EFCC38C9B" italics="true" pageId="168" pageNumber="168">Promops centralis centralis</emphasis>
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(e.g.,
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, 1962;
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;
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). The dorsal fur, bicolored dark brown with white only at the base, is longer over the neck and shoulders (ca. 7 mm) than it is over the lower back (4 5 mm). The ventral fur, slightly paler brown in mass effect, is likewise bicolored, with a white base that comprises approximately one­fourth of each hair. The morphology and measurements of the skull and dentition of our specimens fall within the range of vari­ ation described by previous authors (e.g.,
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, 1962;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF3AFF09FE8E2301FD848811" author="LaVal, R. K." box="[380,527,275,298]" journalOrPublisher="J. Mammal." pageId="169" pageNumber="169" pagination="819 - 822" part="50" refId="ref96844" refString="LaVal, R. K. 1969. Records of bats from Honduras and El Salvador. J. Mammal. 50: 819 - 822." title="Records of bats from Honduras and El Salvador" type="journal article" year="1969">LaVal, 1969</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
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).
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noted that the tiny anterior upper premolar is absent in the holotype of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FECE2399FEC58899" box="[316,334,395,418]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FEAC2399FE4F8899" box="[350,452,395,418]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">centralis</emphasis>
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, but is present in one paratype and in their specimen from Venezuela. The anterior upper premolar is present on both sides in one of our specimens (AMNH 269114) but is bilaterally absent in the other (MNHN 1995.983).
</paragraph>
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In the field we initially had difficulty distinguishing female
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FE73204DFDCE8B4D" box="[385,581,607,630]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">Molossus rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FF72206CFED38BAE" box="[128,344,638,661]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">Promops centralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because these bats have a similar dark brown dorsal pelage, and the pale hair bases in our
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FE6D20A9FD838BE9" box="[415,520,699,722]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">Promops</emphasis>
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were very short and hard to detect. We also found it hard to see the tiny lower incisors (one pair in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FD2D2302FCC6881C" box="[735,845,272,295]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">Molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, two pairs in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FC002302FBD0881C" box="[1010,1115,272,295]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">Promops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in living bats even with the help of a hand lens. However, we found that we could easily separate these species based on the ventral pelage (unicolored brown in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FC2F2390FC7E88A2" box="[989,1013,386,409]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FBFC2390FBC188A2" box="[1038,1098,386,409]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, bicolored brown with distinct white hair bases in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FB45238CFB42888E" box="[1207,1225,414,437]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FD3223A9FCAD88E9" box="[704,806,443,466]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">centralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), morphology of the upper incisors (short and spatulate in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FC2D23C5FC7C88D5" box="[991,1015,471,494]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FBF923C5FBCC88D5" box="[1035,1095,471,494]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, very long and pincerlike in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FC6A23E6FC218B30" box="[920,938,500,523]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FC4F23E6FBA88B30" box="[957,1059,500,523]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">centralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and form of the anterior palate (gently arching in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FB8C2002FD6E8B7F" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">Molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, very strongly arched in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FBD9203FFB1F8B7F" box="[1067,1172,557,580]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">Promops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; fig. 67).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8FAA1E8DFF3AFF09FD2F2074FCA58BEA" pageId="169" pageNumber="169" type="discussion">
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FIELD OBSERVATIONS: Both of our specimens of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF3AFF09FCC72090FB9F8BA2" box="[821,1044,642,665]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="169">Promops centralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were taken in mistnets suspended 1721 m over a narrow dirt road.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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