Records of the Cave-Dwelling Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Hispaniola with an Examination of Seasonal Variation in Diversity

Núñez-Novas, Miguel S.; León, Yolanda; Mateo, Jeannette; Dávalos, Liliana M.

doi:10.3161/15081109acc2016.18.1.016

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“…Despite their vast continental ranges, short‐faced bats are thought to be rare (in the sense of being found in few places), non‐dominant and found at low frequencies (Carter, Genoways, Loregnard, & Baker, ; Goodwin & Greenhall, ; Handley, ). Similar observations have been reported for the islands (Gannon, Kurta, Rodríguez‐Durán, & Willig, ; McFarlane & Garrett, ; Pedersen, Genoways, & Freeman, ; Silva‐Taboada, ), but since most surveys focus on caves (Dávalos & Eriksson, ; Núñez‐Novas, León, Mateo, & Dávalos, ), the rarity of short‐faced bats might arise from sampling bias and may not reflect relative abundance for these bats (Genoways, Baker, Bickham, & Phillips, ). In contrast with this conventional view, Ariteus has been found to be locally common at one disturbed site (Howe, ), and abundant—if not dominant—, around fruiting Maclura tinctoria (Rosales: Moraceae) at one site, as well as in association with many other native and introduced trees at multiple sites (Genoways et al., ).…”

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“…Miocene dispersals from Cuba to the North American mainland for Eleutherodactylus frogs in the subgenus Syrrhophus (Heinicke, Duellman, & Hedges, 2007), undated reverse colonization events for Anolis lizards from the West Indies to South and Central America (Nicholson et al, 2005), and the end Miocene/Pliocene colonization from Cuba to Florida by lizards in the Anolis carolinensis species complex . With multiple examples of reverse colonization among taxa with limited dispersal abilities, it is not surprising to also find examples among taxa with greater dispersal abilities.…”

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Out of the Antilles: Fossil phylogenies support reverse colonization of bats to South America

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Balseiro

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Journal of Biogeography

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Aim Previous phylogenies of extant short‐faced bats (Chiroptera: Stenodermatina) supported either two colonization events from the mainland to the Antilles, or reverse colonization, but lacked both fossil data and statistical modelling of biogeography. Recent multi‐locus phylogenies of noctilionoid bats and likelihood modelling of ancestral ranges support a continental origin for the clade. We include all known extinct and extant stenodermatina species and apply statistical modelling to test competing biogeographical hypotheses. Location The Neotropics, including the Antilles. Methods We combined mitochondrial and nuclear sequences with 302 new morphological characters to infer phylogenies. Bayesian tip‐dating analyses applied codon models to protein‐coding genes, with relaxed molecular clocks fitting a compound Poisson process. The combined maximum clade credibility tree was used in comparisons of alternative biogeographical models. Results The new phylogenies support the fossil Cubanycteris silvai as sister to all extant species of short‐faced bats. Among Artibeus (the sister group to short‐faced bats), the Antillean fossil A. anthonyi has distinctive characters and is nested within the subgenus Artibeus. The common ancestor of all short‐faced bats is inferred to be Antillean, as a mainland origin is unlikely. Founder‐event speciation is the most probable process explaining the distribution of these highly divergent fossil lineages. Main conclusions Dated, character‐based phylogenies of fossil species are indispensable for biogeographical inference: without fossils, biogeographical analyses find a mainland origin for short‐faced bats. The rate of founder speciation in this clade is twice as high as the estimate from noctilionoids in general, highlighting the role of founder events in the diversification of island taxa. Although rare, reverse colonization contributes key species to continental communities. Short‐faced bats, including Cubanycteris, share biomechanical adaptations for a strong bite conferring access to harder figs. We hypothesize these adaptations and characters related to roosting ecology enabled ancestral lineages to successfully establish and diversify on the mainland.

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Out of the Antilles: Fossil phylogenies support reverse colonization of bats to South America

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Balseiro

et al. 2018

Journal of Biogeography

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“…Por otra parte, Natalidae y Noctilionidae fueron las familias con el menor número de registros. En el caso de Natalidae, las dos especies que incluye esta familia son consideradas como raras y poco abundantes, y Noctilionidae solo posee una especie (Núñez-Novas y León, 2011;Núñez-Novas et al, 2016). Molossidae resultó ser la familia de la que menos individuos pudieron ser capturados.…”

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“…En las últimas décadas se siguen realizando citas de nuevas localidades, aunque también se efectúan revisiones taxonómicas, análisis regionales biogeográficos y zoográficos de las distintas especies (Hershkovitz, 1951;Simpson, 1956;Varona, 1974;Klingener et al, 1978;Fleming, 1982;Koopman, 1989;McFarlane, 1989McFarlane, , 1991Rodríguez Durán y Kunz, 2001;Dávalos, 2004Dávalos, , 2005Dávalos, , 2010Tejedor et al, 2005a, 2005b, Goldberg et al, 2010Núñez-Novas, 2010;Núñez-Novas y León, 2011;Velazco et al, 2013;Núñez-Novas et al, 2014, 2016Soto-Centeno y Steadman, 2015;Lim et al, 2017;Soto-Centeno et al, 2017;Dávalos et al, 2018). A pesar de todos estos estudios, la información sobre las localidades y preferencias de hábitat es precaria y se encuentra dispersa en multitud de colecciones de referencia, colectas personales y archivos gubernamentales, entre otros.…”

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Guía de identificación de los murciélagos de La Española y anotaciones sobre las familias y especies

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Contreras-Puigbó³

2019

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Se presenta una guía ilustrada de identificación de los quirópteros de La Española, basada en diez años de trabajo de campo y laboratorio. Se incluyen dos claves dicotómicas, una de las familias y otra de las especies, ambas respaldadas ampliamente por figuras y fotografías que ayudarán a la determinación de los táxones, así como del sexo, la madurez sexual y las estructuras más comunes de los murciélagos. Se consideran también varias claves publicadas previamente. En total, son consideradas 18 especies, distribuidas en las seis familias reconocidas para la isla: Noctilionidae, Phyllostomidae, Molossidae, Mormoopidae, Natalidae y Vespertilionidae. Se registran datos importantes sobre la ecología y distribución de las especies incluidas.

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“…This is especially true in Southeast Asia, where species occupying permanent cave roosts are declining as a result of mineral and guano extraction, hunting, unregulated tourism and incidental disturbance (Kingston 2010, Furey & Racey 2015. Often, changes in cave colony size are due to human disturbance (Cardiff et al 2009, Sedlock et al 2014, Furey & Racey 2015; however, population fluctuations may occur in response to season (Nuñez-Novas et al 2016), social organization (Trajano 1996), or reproductive status (Kunz 1982, Furey et al 2011. Therefore, documenting natural monthly variation in colony size in the absence of disturbance may inform conservation and management of cave-dwelling bat species by identifying critical periods of occupancy and avoiding monitoring efforts when bats are absent.…”

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Seasonal emergence counts from a multispecies horseshoe bat (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) roost in the Philippines

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The seasonal roost use of Philippine horseshoe bats (Family: Rhinolophidae) is poorly known. Here, we monitored an undisturbed rock crevice roost comprised of four Rhinolophus species on Mount Makiling, Philippines, to document seasonal changes in colony size and species composition. Evening emergences were videotaped using an IR spotlight and an IR-sensitive camera and were acoustically recorded using an ultrasonic detector. Emergence counts ranged from an average of 7,965 bats in the wet season to 177 bats in the dry season. Higher emergence counts in the wet season, and the presence of post-lactating females and juveniles, together indicated that Rhinolophus arcuatus and Rhinolophus inops used the rock crevice as a maternity roost. Rhinolophus macrotis and Rhinolophus virgo were detected during all survey months but comprised a smaller proportion of the wet-season emergence than R. arcuatus and R. inops. These data, while limited in scope, provide the first evidence of seasonal cave use by Philippine horseshoe bats and highlight the potential conservation value of this particular roost as a maternity site for horseshoe bats within the Makiling Forest Reserve.

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Records of the Cave-Dwelling Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Hispaniola with an Examination of Seasonal Variation in Diversity

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

Out of the Antilles: Fossil phylogenies support reverse colonization of bats to South America

Out of the Antilles: Fossil phylogenies support reverse colonization of bats to South America

Guía de identificación de los murciélagos de La Española y anotaciones sobre las familias y especies

Seasonal emergence counts from a multispecies horseshoe bat (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) roost in the Philippines

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