Artibeus (Koopmania) concolor Peters 1865
| 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/4546511 |
Daftar Isi:
- Artibeus (Koopmania) concolor Peters VOUCHER MATERIAL: 17 females (AMNH *266267, *266269, *267192, *267194, *267476, *267478, *267479, *267487, *267488, *267981, *267982, *267983; MNHN *1995.1116, *1995.1117, *1995.1118, *1995.1119, *1995.1120) and 7 males (AMNH *267193, *267195, *267477, *267502; MNHN *1995.1121, *1995.1122, *1995.1123); see table 41 for measurements. IDENTIFICATION: Features useful for identifying Artibeus concolor were summarized by Handley (1987) and Acosta and Owen (1993); additional descriptions and measurements can be found in Husson (1962, 1978), Hill (1964), BarrigaBonilla (1965), Linares (1969), Genoways and Williams (1979), Swanepoel and Genoways (1979), and Brosset and CharlesDominique (1990). In contrast to the situation with most other species of Artibeus, no taxonomic problems are apparently associated with A. concolor, so identification is relatively straightforward. No subspecies are currently recognized (Handley, 1987; Acosta and Owen, 1993; Koopman, 1994). Our voucher material, apparently the largest series available from any single locality, conforms closely with previous qualitative and morphometric descriptions of Artibeus concolor. In particular, measurements of our specimens confirm Brosset and Charles Dominique’s (1990) report of considerable size variation within French Guianan populations of this species. The size range among our specimens is even greater than they reported, yet we found no evidence that the Paracou sample includes more than one taxon. FIELD OBSERVATIONS: We caught 24 Artibeus concolor at Paracou, of which 22 were taken in groundlevel mistnets and 2 in elevated mistnets. Of the 22 groundlevel captures, 3 were in welldrained primary forest, 7 were in swampy primary forest, 3 were in creekside primary forest, 7 were in manmade clearings, and 2 were over roadside puddles. The two elevated mistnet captures were made between 10 and 21 m over a narrow dirt road.
- 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 pages 114-115, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4545052