Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766)

Velazco, Paúl M. & Patterson, Bruce D., 2019, Small Mammals Of The Mayo River Basin In Northern Peru, With The Description Of A New Species Of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2019 (429), pp. 1-69 : 16-18

Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766)

VOUCHER MATERIAL: El Diamante: 1 adult female ( MUSM 39193 ) ; Tingana: 1 adult male ( FMNH 203536 ) ; Waqanki: 6 adult males ( FMNH 203342 , 203532 , 203534 ; MUSM 39190– 39192 ) ; see table 7 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: Descriptions and measurements of Glossophaga soricina have been provided by Goodwin and Greenhall (1961), Husson (1962), Alvarez et al. (1991), Webster (1993), Simmons and Voss (1998), and Griffiths and Gardner (2008a). Currently five subspecies are recognized: G. s. antillarum ( Jamaica), G. s. handleyi (northern Mexico southward to northern and western Colombia), G. s. mutica (Tres Marías Islands, Mexico), G. s. soricina (eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, northern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, and northern Argentina), and G. s. valens (western Ecuador and Peru, and eastward into the upper Marañon River of the Department of Amazonas, Peru) ( Alvarez et al., 1991; Webster, 1993). G. soricina is easily distinguished from other species of the genus by craniodental features including: mandibular symphyseal ridge well developed; upper inner incisors large and procumbent, extending anteriorly well beyond upper outer incisors; M1 with well-developed parastyle; lower incisors crowded, usually in contact with each other and canines; and m1 and m2 with well-developed mesostyles ( Alvarez et al., 1991; Webster, 1993; Griffiths and Gard-

a FMNH 203528, MUSM 39115. b MUSM 39114, FMNH 203530.

ner, 2008a). Our Mayo River basin voucher material belongs to the nominate subspecies.