Distribution extension of Proboscis bat Rhynchonycteris naso (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae): new record for southwestern Ecuador | Zendy

Jaime A. Salas | Zendy; Fabián Viteri H. | Zendy; Marjorie Zambrano M. | Zendy; Virgilio Benavides H. | Zendy; Raúl Carvajal M. | Zendy

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Distribution extension of Proboscis bat Rhynchonycteris naso (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae): new record for southwestern Ecuador

Author(s) -

Jaime A. Salas,

Fabián Viteri H.,

Marjorie Zambrano M.,

Virgilio Benavides H.,

Raúl Carvajal M.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/9.5.1054

Subject(s) - evergreen forest , geography , habitat , evergreen , ecology , vegetation (pathology) , biology , medicine , pathology

We report the first confirmed record of Rhynchonycteris naso in southwestern Ecuador. We observed a colony of about 10 individuals roosting under a bridge of a water reservoir that was surrounded by sugar cane crops and located in Naranjito in the Province of Guayas. This is a heavily disturbed area with small remnants of humid evergreen forest in the lowlands of the Ecuadorian coast. This record constitutes a new locality of Rhychonycteris naso for the Guayas province in a different type of vegetation and habitat from previous records for this species in Ecuador and it represents the southwesternmost record for Ecuador and South America.

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