Carollia monohernandezi, Munoz, Cuartas & M. Gonzalez, 2004

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Hernandez’s Short-tailed Bat

Carollia monohernandezi

French: Carollia d'Hernandez / German: Hernandez-Kurzschwanzblattnase / Spanish: Carolia de Hernandez

Other common names: Mono's Short-tailed Bat

Taxonomy. Carollia monohernandezi Munoz, Cuartas & M. Gonzalez, 2004 ,

“ Republica de Colombia, departamento de Caqueta, municipio de Florencia, vereda Villaraz ...

01° 37’ N, 75° 40° W. ”

This taxonomic definition was restricted to the holotype only after a morphological study by D. Zurc and P. M. Velazco in 2010; most of the original paratypes were identified either as C. brevicaudum (five of 17) or C. perspicillata (eleven of 17); four of the original paratypes are lost. Taxonomic validity of C. monohernandezi is still in question and requires genetic study. Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from type locality in SE Colombia.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 50 mm, tail 11 mm, ear 20 mm, hindfoot 11 mm, forearm 39-6 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Hernandez’s Short-tailed Bat is medium-sized. Dorsum is dark brown, and hairs are short, with three well-defined bands and dull brown bases. Ventral hairs are bicolored, with brown tips. Forearm is naked,like that of Seba’s Short-tailed Bat ( C. perspicillata ). Uropatagium is wide, enclosing short tail, almost one-third the width of uropatagium. Wings are attached to ankles. Lowerlip has central papilla surrounded by smaller warts in a U-shape. Noseleafis short, with elongated tip. Ears are moderately large and triangular, with pointed tips. Rostrum is short; braincase is tall and rounded, with low sagittal crest; and zygomatic arches are incomplete. M* has well-defined posterior cusp. I, is not concealed by cingula of Cand thus more like in the Silky Short-tailed Bat (C. brevicaudum).

Habitat. Only recorded from pre-montane humid forest on eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia (west of the llanos).

Food and Feeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but Hernandez’s Short-tailed Batis expected to include fruits as primary food.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. Uncertain taxonomic status of Hernandez’s Short-tailed Bat makes a conservation assessment difficult.

Bibliography. Fleming (1991), McLellan & Koopman (2008), Munoz et al. (2004), Pine (1972), Zurc & Velazco (2010).

Figures

103. Ben Keith's Short-tailed Bat (Carollia benkeithi), 104. Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (Carollia castanea), 105. Gray Short-tailed Bat (Carollia subrufa), 106. Manu Short-tailed Bat (Carolia manu), 107. Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat (Carollia sowelli), 108. Silky Short-tailed Bat (Carollia brevicaudum), 109. Hernandez’s Short-tailed Bat (Carollia monohernandez), 110. Seba’s Short-tailed Bat (Carollia perspicillata), 111. Behn' ’ s Big-eared Bat (Glyphonycteris behnii), 112. Davies’s Big-eared Bat (Glyphonycteris daviesi), 113. Tricolored Big-eared Bat (Glyphonycteris sylvestris), 114. Niceforo’s Big-eared Bat (Trinycteris nicefori), 115. Least Big-eared Bat (Neonycteris pusilla), 116. Hairy Little Fruit Bat (Rhinmophylla alethina), 117. Fischer's Little Fruit Bat (Rhinophylla fischerae), 118. Dwarf Little Fruit Bat (Rhinophylla pumilio)

Distribution. Known only from type locality in SE Colombia .