Published August 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Nyctinomops macrotis

  • 1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brazil
  • 2. Centro de Estudios en Zoología Aplicada (CEZA), Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela
  • 3. Área de Zoología, Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado de la Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
  • 4. Neotropical Bat Acoustic and Risk Assessments, 11384 Alpine Rd., Canadian Lakes, MI 49346, USA
  • 5. Tetrapoda Consultoria Ambiental Ltda, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

Description

Nyctinomops macrotis (Gray, 1839)

Summary of captures.

One female (CMARF 2225).

External measurements and weight.

TLB: 137.00, TL: 60.00, LHL: 7.00, EL: 27.00, W: 22.00.

Morphological description.

Dorsal and ventral pelage reddish brown. Ears large, fused at the midline of the forehead and nearly reaching the nostrils. Nostrils directed laterally. The upper lip is deeply furrowed by wrinkles (Fig. 14).

The skull is large, with a narrow rostrum (Fig. 14). Sagittal and lambdoidal crests are present and prominent. Upper incisors parallel. First upper premolar diminutive. Lacrimal processes are well-developed. Basisphenoid pits are large and deep. Lower incisors bifid. Some skull measurements are shown in Table 1.

Identification.

The forearm length is> 55 mm, the total length of the skull is> 22 mm, and the basisphenoid pits are large and relatively deep, distinguishing the only captured individual of this species from N. laticaudatus and N. aurispinosus (Eger 2008).

Notes

Published as part of García, Franger J., Ochoa-G, José, Poma-Urey, José L., Miller, Bruce W., Falcão, Fábio C. & del Valle Alvarez, Martín Roberto, 2024, Expanding the knowledge of the bat fauna of the Brazilian Caatinga: new geographical records of molossid bats (Chiroptera, Molossidae) for the Chapada Diamantina region, with taxonomic notes, pp. 333-371 in ZooKeys 1210 on pages 333-371, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1210.128570

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References

  • Eger J (2008) The family Molossidae. In: Gardner AL (Ed.) Mammals of South America. Vol. 1. The University of Chicago Press, 399–439.