Title
First record of the rare bat Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner & Patton, 1972) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Bolivia
Author(s)
Siles, Lizette;Wallace, Robert B.
Published
2021
Publisher
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Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/17.1.1
Abstract
The phyllostomid bat Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner & Patton, 1972) was considered endemic to Peru and restrict to only two localities, until it was recently collected in a new locality in Colombia. Now we report G. koepckeae for the first time in Bolivia, based on a specimen collected in a well-preserved montane forest inside the Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi. The site of capture is at 2280 m, which is the highest elevational record for the species. Gardnerycteris koepckeae is a rare species restricted to a fragile ecosystem threatened by mining and other changes in land use.
Keywords
Andes;Identidad Madidi;Koepcke’s Hairy-nosed Bat;Madidi National Park;montane forest;Peru;Yungas

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