Phylloderma stenops Peters, 1865

Simmons, Nancy B. & Voss, Robert S., 1998, The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana, a Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 1, Bats, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 237, pp. 1-219 : 84

Phylloderma stenops Peters

VOUCHER MATERIAL: 3 females (AMNH *266078, *267441; MNHN *1995.1075) and 5 males (AMNH *266077, *267440, *267890, *267891; MNHN *1995.1076); see table 27 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: Descriptions and measurements of Phylloderma stenops from the Guianas and elsewhere were provided by Husson (1962, 1978), Hill (1964), Gardner (1976), Genoways and Williams (1979), Swanepoel and Genoways (1979), Williams and Genoways (1980a), Brosset and Charles­ Dominique (1990), and Anderson (1997). Three subspecies are currently recognized: P. s. septentrionalis (southern Mexico to Costa Rica), P. s. stenops (Panama to southern Brazil), and P. s. boliviensis (central Bolivia) ( Barquez and Ojeda, 1979; Koopman, 1994; Anderson, 1997).

Our voucher material conforms in all respects to previous descriptions of Phylloderma stenops stenops , and measurements fall within the range of variation reported previously for this taxon.

FIELD OBSERVATIONS: All eight of the Phylloderma stenops we captured at Paracou were taken in ground­level mistnets: two in well­drained primary forest, three in swampy primary forest, two in creekside primary for­ est, and one in closed­canopy secondary growth.