Vampyressa sinchi, Tavares, 2014

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Phyllostomidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 444-583 : 559

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6458594

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6760871

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scientific name

Vampyressa sinchi
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159. View Plate 42: Phyllostomidae

Quechuan Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyressa sinchi View in CoL

French: Vampyresse quechua / German: Quechua-Gelbohrfledermaus / Spanish: Vampiresa quechua

Taxonomy. Vampyressa sinchi Tavares et al., 2014 View in CoL ,

“Llorente (0° 46' 40” N, 77° 21’ 50” W; 1700 m), municipio de Cordoba, departamento de Narino, Colombia.” GoogleMaps

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. E slopes of C & E Andes of S Colombia. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 70 mm (tailless), ear 17-18 mm, hindfoot 11-13 mm, forearm 39:1-41-5 mm. No specific data are available for body weight.

Greatest lengths of skulls are 23-3-23-7 mm. The Quechuan Yellow-eared Bat is small but the largest known species of Vampyressa . It is similar to Melissa’s Yellow-eared Bat (V. melissa ) but larger with only a few overlapping dimensions; it has more robust cranium and dentition and differences in basicranium. Dorsal fur is long, lax, and pale brown to dark beige overall, with sparse guard hairs on head; venter is paler. Forearm is densely furred on two-thirds or more of its length. Uropatagium is short and furred dorsally and ventrally, and it has pale whitish fringe on its distal border that is longer on midline. Skull is large and robust, with well-developed sagittal and lambdoidal crests. Thin septum separating incisive foramina is perforated by large accessory median foramen. Post-glenoid process is well developed and extends below level of pterygoid process, mesopterygoid fossa is longer than wide, and post-dental extension of palatal bone has small wing-like projections. Dental formulais12/2, C1/1,P 2/2, M 2/3 (x2) = 30. Dentition is overall similar to Melissa’s Yellow-eared Bat but more robust and with more developed cingula. I' are unevenly bilobed and have larger inner lobes. M,is small and peg-like.

Habitat. Highland Andean cloud forests, suggesting elevations above 1600 m.

Food and Feeding. No information, but skull and dentition suggest that the Quechuan Yellow-eared Bat is frugivorous.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. The Quechuan Yelloweared Bat is rare, known from only a few specimens in clouded forests in Andean highlands.

Bibliography. Gardner (1977b), Lemke et al. (1982), Tavares (2008), Tavares et al. (2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Phyllostomidae

Genus

Vampyressa

Loc

Vampyressa sinchi

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier 2019
2019
Loc

Vampyressa sinchi

Tavares 2014
2014
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