Chiroderma trinitatum Goodwin, 1958

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 : 25

Chiroderma trinitatum Goodwin, 1958

VOUCHER MATERIAL: Waqanki: 1 adult male ( MUSM 39179 ) ; see table 12 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: We consulted descriptions and measurements of Chiroderma trinitatum provided by Goodwin (1958), Goodwin and Greenhall (1961), Baker and Genoways (1976), Gardner (1976), Carter and Dolan (1978), Genoways and Williams (1979), Swanepoel and Genoways (1979), Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990), Anderson (1997), Simmons and Voss (1998), Lim et al. (2005), Taddei and Lim (2010), Garbino et al. (2012), Tello et al. (2014), and Rocha et al. (2016). Two subspecies are currently recognized: C. t. gorgasi ( Panama south to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador) and C. t. trinitatum ( Trinidad, eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, and northern Bolivia) ( Gardner, 2008c). Our Mayo River basin specimen exhibits the diagnostic characteristics of the nominate subspecies: small size (FA <42.5 mm, GLS <23 mm); dorsal stripe arising between the shoulders and extending across the head; muzzle short and broad; furred legs; uropatagium partially furred, lack of a conspicuous fringe of hair on its trailing edge; skull lacking nasal bones; and upper inner incisors that converge along their distal third, contacting each other at the tips ( Simmons and Voss, 1998; Gardner, 2008c; Garbino et al., 2012). Measurements of our specimen fall within the range reported for the species.