Lonchophylla fornicata, Woodman, 2007

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Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bat

Lonchophylla fornicata

French: Lonchophylle de Woodman / German: \WWoodman-Nektarfledermaus / Spanish: Loncéfilo de Woodman

Other common names: Pacific Forest Nectar Bat

Taxonomy. Lonchophylla fornicata Woodman, 2007 ,

“ 29 km SE of Buenaventura, 75 m elevation, east bank of Rio Zabaletas, across from the village of Zabaletas (3°44'N, 75°57'W), Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia.”

Prior to its description, specimens representing L. fornicata were attributed to L. concava . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from three localities in Pacific coastal plains of SW Colombia (Valle del Cauca and Narino departments) and NW Ecuador (Imbabura Province).

Descriptive notes. Head-body 52-62 mm, tail 7-12 mm, ear 11-15 mm, hindfoot 10-12 mm, forearm 33-35-6 mm; weight 8-7 g. Greatest lengths of skulls are 23.7-25-4 mm. The Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bat is medium-sized and similar in size to Goldman’s Nectar Bat ( L. concava ) but different in a number of skull and dental characteristics. Fur is typically 5-7 mm and strongly bicolored, with creamy brown bases and medium brown tips. Venter is generally unicolored and paler than dorsum. Ears are short and rounded. Noseleaf is small but pointed and well developed. Uropatagium is well developed; tail is short but always present and completely enclosed. Wings are attached to bases of ankles, and calcar is shorter than foot. Forearms are hairy at bases. Tongue is smooth, lacks filiform papillae at tip, and has deep groove on sides. Rostrum is roughly equal in length to braincase. Rostrum is long, narrow, and not inflated above first upper molars; supraorbital region is narrow, not inflated, and lacks lateral projections. Zygomatic arches are incomplete. I' are large and project forward. P* lacks rooted lingual cusp. Premolars are narrow and anteroposteriorly elongated. M' and M? are similar in length and height. Molar crowns are quadrate and slightly triangular in outline. Dentary is long and slender.

Habitat. Only known from tropical forests of Pacific coastal plains and pre-montane rainforests of south-western Colombia and north-western Ecuador at elevations of 75— 512 m. These humid areas experience year-round wet season or bimodal rainy season. Between September 1966 andJanuary 1969, 35 bat species were recorded at Zabaletas, Valle del Cauca, including two Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bats, six Cadena’s Nectar Bats ( Hsunycteris cadenai ), and two Chocoan Nectar Bats ( L. chocoana ), indicating that these three species were syntopic in this area.

Food and Feeding. Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bats supposedly feed on nectar, pollen, some fruit, and small soft insects (moths), like other similarly sized species of Lonchophylla .

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. The Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bat is nocturnal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Pacific Forest LLong-tongued Bat was collected, apparently roosting, in a railroad tunnel in north-western Ecuador, with Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bats ( Balantiopteryx infusca), Silky Short-tailed Bats ( Carollia brevicaudum ), and Common Vampire Bats ( Desmodus rotundus ).

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. Because the Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bat has a restricted distribution that faces threats, local populations could be at high conservation risk.

Bibliography. Griffiths & Gardner (2008b), Mantilla-Meluk et al. (2010), Woodman (2007), Woodman &Timm (2006).

Figures

83. Cadena’s Nectar Bat (Hsunycteris cadenai), 84. Dashe’s Nectar Bat (Hsunycteris dashe), 85. Patton’s Nectar Bat (Hsunycteris pationi), 86. Thomas's Nectar Bat (Hsunycteris thomasi), 87. Chestnut Long-tongued Bat (Lionycteris spurrelli), 88. Brazilian Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla mordax), 89. Chocoan Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla chocoana), 90. Goldman's Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla concava), 91. Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bat (Lonchophylla fornicata), 92. Orces’s Long-tongued Bat (Lonchophylla orcesi), 93. Western Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla hesperia), 94. Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla orienticollina), 95. Handley’s Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla handleyi), 96. Orange Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla robusta), 97. Dekeyser’s Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla dekeyseri), 98. Pale-bellied Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla inexpectata), 99. Bokermann’s Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla bokermanni), 100. Peracchi’s Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla peracchii), 101. Long-snouted Bat (Platalina genovensium), 102. Vieira’s Long-tongued Bat (Xeronycleris vierrai)

Distribution. Known only from three localities in Pacific coastal plains of SW Colombia (Valle del Cauca and Narino departments) and NW Ecuador (Imbabura Province).