Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Schinz), 1821

Simmons, Nancy B. & Voss, Robert S., 1998, The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana, a Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 1, Bats, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 237, pp. 1-219 : 61-62

Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Schinz)

VOUCHER MATERIAL: 3 females (AMNH *266039, 266040; MNHN 1995.987); see table 21 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: Descriptions and measurments of Macrophyllum macrophyllum from the Guianas and elsewhere were provided by Hill (1964), Harrison and Pendleton (1974), Harrison (1975), Husson (1978), Williams and Genoways (1980a), Swanepoel and Genoways (1979), and Brosset and Charles­ Dominique (1990). No subspecies are currently recognized (Koopman, 1994).

Our specimens of Macrophyllum macrophyllum conform in all respects to previous descriptions of the species, and measurements fall within the range of variation reported for specimens from French Guiana and Surinam by the authors cited above.

FIELD OBSERVATIONS: Our three specimens of Macrophyllum macrophyllum from Paracou were found roosting together in a large culvert (2.5 m in diameter) through which a small stream passed beneath a dirt road through secondary forest. Other bats found in the same culvert were Trachops cirrhosus and Carollia perspicillata .