Sturnira ludovici, Anthony, 1924
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124. View Plate 41: Phyllostomidae
Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat
French: Sturnire dAnthony / German: Hochland-Gelbschulterfledermaus / Spanish: Sturniro de Anthony
Other common names: Ludovic’s Yellow-shouldered Bat
Taxonomy. Sturnira ludovici Anthony, 1924 View in CoL ,
“near Gualea, elevation about 4000 feet [= 1333 m],” Pichincha Province, Ecuador . Sturnira ludovici has been treated as a junior synonym or subspecies of S. oporaphilum . Monotypic.
Distribution. Colombia, Venezuela, and W Ecuador. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 66-77 mm (tailless), ear 12-19 mm, hindfoot 13-17 mm, forearm 44-50 mm; weight 22— 30 g. The Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat is medium-sized and robust. Fur is dense and soft. Dorsal fur is grayish brown to reddish brown, with yellowish tones, and long (8-10 mm), with four-banded hairs; adult males often have reddish brown shoulders; and ventral hairsare tricolored. Head is large, neck is wide, and snoutis short and broad. Noseleaf is medium-sized, spearshaped, and broad, without small projections of skin found on the Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. koopmanhilli ); ears are short, smaller than head; and lowerlip has three central warts, surrounded by row of smaller ones. Fourth metacarpal is equal in length to third. Uropatagium is practically absent and reduced to very narrow fringe; tail is absent; calcar is short; and feet are short and extensively furred to claws. I' project forward, and tips are not in contact; upper and lower dental rows lack spaces between premolars and molars (crowns are in contact); and lower molars have ill-defined cusps toward tongue, giving each molara flat, plain aspect.
Habitat. Tropical, subtropical, and temperate forests including primary, secondary, disturbed, and gallery forests; forest edges; cultivated areas such as banana or cocoa plantations; and gardens at elevations of 30-2900 m (usually above 1000 m and in dry forests not below 1000 m). The Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat prefers humid and cloudy forests and is rare or uncommon in drier habitats. It is usually absent from isolated patches.
Food and Feeding. Although the Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat is known to be a frugivorous, dietary details are little known. Apparently, it is a Solanum (Solanaceae) specialist, butits diet includes as many as ten families and 26 species of plants. It seems to eat certain insects.
Breeding. Reproductive pattern of the Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat appears to be bimodal polyestry. In Ecuador, pregnant females with one fetus were captured in August-September,a lactating female in July, and a scrotal male in April.
Activity patterns. Highland Yellow-shouldered Bats are nocturnal. They usuallyfly in interior forest or over small rivers.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat is fairly common to uncommon. Its conservation status 1s stable.
Bibliography. Albuja (1999), Anthony (1924b), Castano et al. (2018), Estrada-Villegas et al. (2010), Fleming (1986), Gardner (2008g), Handley (1976), Lee, Packer & Alvarado (2006), Tirira (2012c, 2017), Velazco & Patterson (2013).
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