Anoura caudifer (Griffiths and Gardner, 2008)

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 : 15-16

Anoura caudifer (É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1818)

VOUCHER MATERIAL: Tingana: 2 adult males ( FMNH 203340 ; MUSM 39113 ) ; Waqanki: 4 adult females ( FMNH 203338 , 203526 ; MUSM 39111 , 39112 ), 1 adult male ( FMNH 203524 ) ; see table 7 for measurements.

IDENTIFICATION: Descriptions and measurements of Anoura caudifer have been provided by Husson (1962), Handley (1984), Molinari (1994), Simmons and Voss (1998), Mantilla-Meluk and Baker (2006), Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990), and Pacheco et al. (2018). No subspecies are currently recognized in A. caudifer ( Griffiths and Gardner, 2008a) . Our Mayo River basin specimens exhibit the diagnostic characteristics of the species: well-developed calcar, slightly smaller than the foot; presence of a short tail; lower lip protruding less than 3 mm beyond upper lip; skull with keel along midline of mesopterygoid fossa that is not flattened posteriorly and usually extends onto septum between basisphenoid pits; and upper last premolar lacking medial internal cusp. Our vouchers fall within the range of measurements reported for A. caudifer .

REMARKS: Two females (FMNH 203338, 203526) that we collected were pregnant, each with a single embryo (crown-rump length [CRL] = 20 mm).