Sturnira Gray, 1842

Velazco, Paúl M., Voss, Robert S., Fleck, David W. & Simmons, Nancy B., 2021, Mammalian Diversity And Matses Ethnomammalogy In Amazonian Peru Part 4: Bats, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2021 (451), pp. 1-201 : 111

Genus Sturnira Gray, 1842

The genus Sturnira is widespread in the Neotropics and includes 24 currently recognized species, up to five of which are known to occur in sympatry at some localities (Velazco and Patterson, 2013, 2014, 2019; Simmons and Cirranello, 2020). Species of Sturnira can be distinguished from members of other stenodermatine genera by the presence of shoulder glands (epaulettes) that stain the fur, especially in adult males; absence of