Marmosops (Sciophanes) bishopi (Pine, 1981)

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 : 9

Marmosops (Sciophanes) bishopi (Pine, 1981)

VOUCHER MATERIAL: El Diamante: 2 adult males ( FMNH 203328 ; MUSM 39247 ) ; see table 2 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: We consulted the descriptions and measurements of Marmosops bishopi

provided by Hice and Velazco (2012), Gardner and Creighton (2008), Voss et al. (2001), Díaz- Nieto (2012), Díaz-Nieto et al. (2016), and Díaz- Nieto and Voss (2016). Our specimens conform in all respects to previous descriptions of Marmosops bishopi . They have a continuous band of self-colored ventral white hairs, bladelike lateral carpal tubercles, single posterior accessory cusps on the upper canines (anterior accessory cusp absent), and absence of palatal vacuities, all of which are diagnostic characteristics for this species according to Díaz-Nieto and Voss (2016).

REMARKS: Both specimens were caught in Victor rat traps in an ecotone between banana/ coffee plantations and secondary forest.