Lichonycteris obscura Thomas 1895
| Main Authors: | Simmons, Nancy B., Voss, Robert S. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 1998
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4546441 |
Daftar Isi:
- Lichonycteris obscura Thomas VOUCHER MATERIAL: 1 female (AMNH *267960); see table 15 for measurements. IDENTIFICATION: Two color morphs occur among specimens of Lichonycteris, a dark brown form that agrees with Thomas’ (1895) original description of L. obscura, and a pale brown form that is often identified as L. degener Miller (1931). However, the taxonomic status of the latter is problematic due to confusion regarding patterns of variation in both craniodental and pelage characters (Gardner, 1976; Hill, 1985; Ochoa et al., 1993). Pending a revision of the genus, we follow Gardner (1976), Hill (1985), Ochoa et al. (1993), and Koopman (1993, 1994) in regarding degener as a junior synonym of obscura. Descriptions and comparative measurements of L. obscura so defined can be found in Husson (1962, 1978), Gardner (1976), Swanepoel and Genoways (1979), Hill (1985), Brosset and CharlesDominique (1990), and Ochoa et al. (1993). Our chocolatebrown specimen agrees closely with previous descriptions of Lichonycteris obscura, and falls within the range of variation in measurements previously report ed in the literature. FIELD OBSERVATIONS: Our specimen was captured in a groundlevel mistnet in welldrained primary forest.
- Published as part of Simmons, Nancy B. & Voss, Robert S., 1998, The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana, a Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 1, Bats, pp. 1-219 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 237 on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4545052