Nuevos reportes sobre los murciélagos (Mammalia: Chiroptera) de Nicaragua, América central, con la adición de siete nuevos registros de especies

Translated title of the contribution: New reports on the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) fauna of Nicaragua, central America, with the addition of seven new species: Chiroptera) fauna of Nicaragua, central America, with the addition of seven new species

Arnulfo Medina-Fitoria, Octavio Saldaña, José G. Martínez, Yuri Aguirre, Walquiria Silva, Marlon Chávez, Milton Salazar, Nohemí Carballo, Orlando Jarquín, Roberto A. González, Luis Díaz, Carol Chambers, Fiona Reid, Rob Mies, Kimberly Williams, José M. Zolotoff, Cynthia Molina, Tamara Pérez, Juan Rodríguez, Luis GutiérrezMaynor Fernández, Roger Mendieta, Josué Pérez

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Abstract

As a product of recent studies, we document the presence of seven new bat species for the chiropterofauna of Nicaragua: Mimon cozumelae, Natalus lanatus, Perimyotis subflavus, Lasiurus cinereus, Lasiurus intermedius, Eptesicus brasiliensis and Nyctinomops laticaudatus. In this work, we verify the presence of four other species: Mormoops megalophylla, Phylloderma stenops, Thyroptera tricolor and Furipterus horrens, included in the latest list of mammals of the country (Medina-Fitoria and Saldaña, 2012) but not supported by a scientific publication. Our work also confirms the presence of Cyttarops alecto, Lasiurus ega, Eptesicus fuscus and Antrozous dubiaquercus in the country, species currently represented by only one record in Nicaragua. In addition, the herein newly reported records of Perymiotis subflavus and Furipterus horrens constitute an extension in its distribution. This work updates the diversity of bats of Nicaragua to 61 genera and 108 species.

Translated title of the contributionNew reports on the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) fauna of Nicaragua, central America, with the addition of seven new species: Chiroptera) fauna of Nicaragua, central America, with the addition of seven new species
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)43-54
Number of pages12
JournalMastozoologia Neotropical
Volume22
Issue number1
StatePublished - Jun 1 2015

Keywords

  • Bats
  • Distribution
  • Historical
  • New records
  • Nicaragua
  • Records

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Animal Science and Zoology

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