A review of the bats of the genus Ametrida, family Phyllostomidae /

Peterson, Randolph L.

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“…Lavia from Yellow-winged bat forearm length 1.02 Kock, 1969 Bruce & Weibers, 1970Gaisler, 1970Stebbings, 1968Findley & Trout, 1970Verschuren, 1957Golley, 1966 The most extreme mammalian case known appears to be that of the bat Ametrida centurio, in which the ratio of female to male head and body length is 1.17 and of forearm length 1.26. In fact, the females are so much larger than the males in this species that each sex was classified as a separate species for many years (Peterson, 1965). The degree of dimorphism in size in this species seems comparable to the more extreme avian cases of larger size in females (Ralls, in press).…”

Section: N Luteola Family Megadermatidaementioning

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Mammals in Which Females are Larger Than Males

Ralls¹

1976

The Quarterly Review of Biology

647

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Section: N Luteola Family Megadermatidaementioning

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Mammals in Which Females are Larger Than Males

Ralls¹

1976

The Quarterly Review of Biology

647

295

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“…Genera are arranged alphabetically within subfamilies and species within getwra List source$. Chamel~ Ceballos and Miranda (1986); La Selv~ Timm (1994); Barro Colorado, Glanz (1990) and Handley et aL (1991); Guatopo and Masaguara~ Elsenberg et aL (1979); Cuzco Amaz6nic~ Woodman et aL (1991); Man~ Janson and Emmons (1990) and Ascorra et aL (199 l a); Beldng Ascorra et aL (199 lb);Eger (1977), Handley (1967, McCarthy and Handley (1987), Mok et aL (1982), Peterson (1965), Pine (1973), Thomas (1913), andMcCarthy (1993).…”

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Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico

Medellín

1994

Conservation Biology

110

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The Selva Lacandona region of Chiapas, Mexico, has high biodiversity, represents the last large portion of tropical rainforest in México, and faces imminent destruction. Through fieldwork and literature searches I found a total of 112 mammal species (including 17 Middle‐American endemics) on the Lacandona’s 331,200 ha Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve. This inventory plus those from eight additional Neotropical localities show local mammal species richness in the Neotropics to be in the range of 70–116 species. Richness is primarily correlated with the amount of annual rainfall, but within rainforest areas species richness is probably not correlated with rainfall, latitude, altitude, or area size. Rather, above a certain limit of rainfall and below a critical level of latitude and altitude, mammal species richness seem to reach an asymptotic maximum. Areas covered with tropical rainforest and with a well‐known, relatively intact fauna have about 112–116 mammal species. In the Montes Azules Reserve most mammals (57%) are bats. The most heavily occupied feeding guilds are frugivores/herbivores and insectivores/omnivores. Large species and carnivores appear most vulnerable to local extinction. Montes Azules (and thus the Selva Lacandona) is especially noteworthy because (1) it contains a greater proportion of species facing conservation problems than expected from a random draw of Mexican mammals; (2) it is probably the most diverse ecosystem in Mexico; (3) many species sustain their only Mexican populations in this area; and (4) it is the largest remnant of tropical rainforest in Mexico and is part of the largest expanse of that vegetation type in Central America.

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“…A key was compiled for field identification of bats in Guyana based on various sources in the literature and further sources were used for subsequent identification of specimens taken (Sanborn, 1937(Sanborn, , 1949Goodwin and Greenhall, 1961;Husson, 1962;Goodwin, 1963;Hill, 1964;Peterson, 1965aPeterson, , 1968Peterson, , 1972Starrett, 1972;Carter, 1966;Davis, 1969Davis, , 1970Davis, , 1980Davis, , 1984Baker et al, 1972;Gardner and Carter, 1972a,b;Pine, 1972;Rouk and Carter, 1972;LaVal, 1973;Vizotto and Taddei, 1973;Wilson and LaVal, 1974;Harrison, 1975;Jones and Carter, 1976;Eger, 1977;Wilson and Findley, 1977;Koopman, 1978;Wilson 1978;Snow et aL, 1980;Navarro L and Wilson, 1982;Shump and Shump, 1982;Greenhall et al, 1983;Herd, 1983;Hood and Pitocchelli, 1983;Janzen and Wilson, 1983;Greenhall et al, 1984;Hood and Jones, 1984;Webster and Owen, 1984;Medellfn et al, 1985;Timm 1985;Willig and Jones, 1985;Baker and Clark, 1987;…”

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“…1972: (20) Hill, 1964: (21) Husson, 1962;(22) Jentink, 1893;(23) Jones and Carter, 1976: (24) Hood, 1993: (25) Koopman, 1982;(26) Koopman, 1993a;(27) LaVal, 1973;(28) Lim, 1993: (29) Lim andWilson, 1993: (30) McCarthy et al, 1992;(31) McCarthy and Handley, 1987;(32) Nowak and Paradiso, 1983;(33) Ochoa et al, 1993: (34) Ojasti and Linares, 1971;(35) Owen, 1987;(36) Parker et al, 1993: (37) Peterson, 1965a;(38) Peterson, 1965b: (39) Peterson, 1968;(40) Peterson, 1972;(41) Phillips, 1971: (42) Pine, 1972: (43) Quelch, 1892(44) Roth, 1941: (45) Sanborn, 1937;(46) Sanborn, 1941: (47) Sanborn, 1954;(4) Swanepoel and Genoways, 1979;(49) Thomas. 1887: (50) Thomas, 1901;(51) Thomas, 1910;(52) Thomas, 1913: (53) Timm, 1985 Warren, 1971: (55) Webster, 1993(56) Williams and Genoways.…”

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The Iwokrama Rain Forest Programme for sustainable development: how much of Guyana's bat (Chiroptera) diversity does it encompass?

Smith

Kerry

1996

Biodivers Conserv

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In 1989 Guyana designated 3600km 2 of tropical rain forest as the 'Iwokrama Rain Forest Programme' (IRFP) for developing methods of sustainable forest utilization and for conserving biodiversity. Bat diversity was assessed in 5 km 2 of the IRFP area over a ten-week period. Effort totalled 22 400 m 2 mist-net hours during 26 nights, 227 m 2 harp-trap hours during 8 nights and 28 person days searching for roosts. This revealed 38 species of bats. In comparison with two other neotropical sites alpha diversity was high as shown by a Shannon diversity index of 1.30 for the 33 species taken in foraging areas by mist net and harp trap.Four forest types found here show some of the lowest floristic diversity in the neotropics. The high motility of bats allows them to exploit the range of forest types available locally, so avoiding constraints imposed within any one forest type.A list of bat species known from Guyana was compiled from the literature. A total of 96 species were found plus 17 unsupported records. The list is presented together with a further 45 species that potentially could occur. Our survey has shown that 45 of the 96 species recorded in Guyana (47%) are known from the IRFP area, suggesting that it provides a good representation of Guyana's bat fauna.

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A review of the bats of the genus Ametrida, family Phyllostomidae /

Cited by 10 publications

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Mammals in Which Females are Larger Than Males

Mammals in Which Females are Larger Than Males

Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico

The Iwokrama Rain Forest Programme for sustainable development: how much of Guyana's bat (Chiroptera) diversity does it encompass?

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