Marmosops (Marmosops) noctivagus (Tschudi, 1844)

Velazco, Paúl M. & Patterson, Bruce D., 2019, Small Mammals Of The Mayo River Basin In Northern Peru, With The Description Of A New Species Of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2019 (429), pp. 1-69 : 8-9

Marmosops (Marmosops) noctivagus

(Tschudi, 1845)

VOUCHER MATERIAL: El Diamante: 1 adult male ( MUSM 39249 ) ; see table 2 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: We consulted the descriptions and measurements of Marmosops noctiva-

gus provided by Hice and Velazco (2012), Gardner and Creighton (2008), Patton et al. (2000), Díaz-Nieto (2012), and Díaz-Nieto et al. (2016). Our specimen conforms in all respects to previous descriptions of Marmosops noctivagus : dorsal pelage dark brown to reddish brown, broad ventral band of white self-colored hairs, presence of lateral carpal tubercles, absence of medial carpal tubercles, supraorbital region distinctly beaded with elevated lateral ridges extending posteriorly onto parietals (lateral ridges are parallel), maxillary fenestra absent, and upper canines without accessory cusps.

REMARKS: Caught in a Victor rat trap in an ecotone between farmland and secondary forest.