Sturnira oporaphilum ( 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 : 40

Sturnira oporaphilum ( Tschudi, 1844)

VOUCHER MATERIAL: Waqanki: 1 adult male ( MUSM 39230 ) ; see table 13 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: We consulted descriptions and measurements of Sturnira oporaphilum provided by Carter and Dolan (1978), Anderson (1997), Velazco and Patterson (2014), and Molinari et al. (2017). No subspecies are currently recognized in S. oporaphilum ( Velazco and Patterson, 2014; Molinari et al., 2017). Our specimen exhibits the diagnostic characteristics of S. oporaphilum : medium size (FA 42–47 mm); shoulder glands (epaulettes) present but weakly defined; metacarpals III and IV subequal in length, but shorter than metacarpal V; upper inner incisors orthodont; lower incisors bicuspidate; and metaconids and entoconids of m1 and m2 poorly defined, forming a continuous sloping ridge ( Gardner, 2008e). Measurements of our speci- mens fall within the range of measurements previously reported for the species.