Anoura latidens, Handley, 1984

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Broad-toothed Tailless Bat

Anoura latidens

French: Anoura a dents larges / German: Breitzahn-Langnasenfledermaus / Spanish: Anoura de dientes largos

Taxonomy. Anoura latidens Handley, 1984 ,

“on Pico Avila, 2150 m, 5 km NNE Caracas (= “Hotel Humbolt [sic], 9.4 km N Caracas”), Distrito Federal, Venezuela.” Related A. carishina was recently synonymized with A. latidens . Monotypic.

Distribution. N & Andean Colombia, Venezuela, WC Guyana, and Andean Peru.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 59-77 mm (tailless), ear 11-17 mm, hindfoot 11-13 mm, forearm 40-46 mm; weight 15-16 g. The Broad-toothed Tailless Bat is among the largest species of Anoura , only slightly smaller than Geoffroy’s Tailless Bat ( A. geoffroyi ). Dorsal pelage is grayish brown, with lighter bases to hairs, and ventral pelage is paler, with whitish throat area. Uropatagium and calcars are greatly reduced and hairy on both surfaces. There is no tail. Muzzle is narrow and elongated. Lower incisors are absent, and zygomatic arches are always incomplete. Upper premolars are broad.

Habitat. Primarily montane humid forest up to elevations of ¢. 2600 m but also tropical dry forests, yards, orchards, and arid thorn scrub of coastal forests.

Food and Feeding. The Broad-toothed Tailless Bat mainly eats nectar but also pollen. It has a high basal metabolic rate for a nectar-feeding bat, permitting it to maintain constant body temperature at high elevations based on a high carbohydrate diet.

Breeding. A pregnant Broad-toothed Tailless Bat was collected in August, and nonreproductive females were collected in February and April.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Broadtoothed Tailless Bat seems locally common in its large distribution.

Bibliography. Calderén-Acevedo et al. (2019), Griffiths & Gardner (2008a), Handley (1984), Lim & Engstrom (2001), Mantilla-Meluk & Baker (2010), Solari et al. (1999), Soriano et al. (2002).

Figures

63. Tailed Tailless Bat (Anoura caudifer), 64. Ecuadorian Tailless Bat (Anowra aequatoris), 65. Cadena’s Tailless Bat (Anowra cadenai), 66. Tube-lipped Tailless Bat (Anoura fistulata), 67. Luis Manuel’s Tailless Bat (Anoura luismanueli), 68. Peruvian Tailless Bat (Anowra javier), 69. Handley’s Tailless Bat (Anoura cultrata), 70. Broad-toothed Tailless Bat (Anowra latidens), 71. Geoffroy’s Tailless Bat (Anoura geoffroy), 72. Tschudi’s Tailless Bat (Anoura peruana), 74. Godman’s Long-tailed Bat (Choeroniscus godmani), 75. Lesser Long-tailed Bat (Choeroniscus minor), 76. Greater Long-tailed Bat (Choeroniscus periosus), 77. Mexican Long-tongued Bat (Choeronycteris mexicana), 78. Capixaba Nectarfeeding Bat (Dryadonycteris capixaba), 79. Banana Bat (Musonycteris harrisoni), 80. Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat (Lichonycteris degener), 81. Dark Long-tongued Bat (Lichonycteris obscura), 82. Ega Long-tongued Bat (Scleronycteris ega)

Distribution. N & Andean Colombia , Venezuela , WC Guyana , and Andean Peru .