Carollia manu, Pacheco, Solari & Velazco, 2004

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Manu Short-tailed Bat

Carollia manu

French: Carollia du Manu / German: Manu-Kurzschwanzblattnase / Spanish: Carolia de Manu

Taxonomy. Carollia manu Pacheco, Solari & Velazco, 2004 ,

“Morro Leguia, Paucartambo-Pillcopata road, km. 134, 2250 m, Paucartambo Province, Cuzco Department, Peru, at approximately 13°11'52” S, 71°34'36" W.”

Carolia manu was called Carolliasp.? (3) by R. H. Pine in 1972. In her morphometric analyses, L. J. McLellan in 1984 included Pine’s single specimen in C. perspicillata . Monotypic.

Distribution. SE Peru (Madre de Dios, Cusco, and Puno departments) and W & C Bolivia (La Paz Department).

Descriptive notes. Head-body 59-66 mm, tail 7-10 mm, ear 18-22 mm, hindfoot 13-15 mm, forearm 41-2-44-4 mm; weight 17-21 g. The Manu Short-tailed Batis a large species of Carollia , with soft, long, and fluffy dorsal fur. Dorsal hairs are tricolored, with grayish brown basal band, buff-to-whitish brown medial band, and brown band at tips. Ventral hairs are short, brown-tipped, and tricolored on pectoral region and bicolored on abdominal and inguinal region. Dorsal and ventral pelage is not counter shaded and looks brown overall. Forearm is long, and proximal one-halfis well furred. Uropatagium is wide, enclosing shorttail, and has a deep notch. Lower lip has central papilla surrounded by smaller warts in a U-shape. Ears are moderately large, broad, and triangular, with pointed tips. Rostrum is short and wide; anteorbital region is inflated, with low sagittal crest; and zygomatic arches are incomplete. C' is large and divergent. Upper and lower molars are broad and robust.

Habitat. Tropical montane forests (Cloud forests), along eastern slope of Andes in south-eastern Peru and northern to central Bolivia, at elevations of 1300-2250 m. These forests have abundant epiphytes, hepatics ( Hepatica , Ranunculaceae ), and tree ferns. Most Manu Short-tailed Bats were collected on steep terrain, with mature and secondary forests, and usually near small streams. At higher elevations, forest trees were heavily covered with epiphytes, and understory was dominated by bamboo. Manu Short-tailed Bats have been found in sympatry with Silky Short-tailed Bats (C. brevicaudum) and Seba’s Short-tailed Bats ( C. perspicillata ).

Food and Feeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but fruits are expected to be the primary food of the Manu Short-tailed Bat.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Manu Short-tailed Bat might have a wider distribution than is currently known. It occurs in some protected areas in south-eastern Peru.

Bibliography. Castano et al. (2018), McLellan (1984), McLellan & Koopman (2008), Pacheco et al. (2004), Pine (1972), Solari et al. (2006), Velazco (2013).

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. SE Peru (Madre de Dios, Cusco, and Puno departments) and W & C Bolivia (La Paz Department).