Artibeus (Dermanura) bogotensis, Andersen, 1906

Velazco, Paúl M., Voss, Robert S., Fleck, David W. & Simmons, Nancy B., 2021, Mammalian Diversity And Matses Ethnomammalogy In Amazonian Peru Part 4: Bats, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2021 (451), pp. 1-201 : 98

Artibeus (Dermanura) bogotensis

(Andersen, 1906)

VOUCHER MATERIAL (TOTAL = 1): Jenaro Herrera (MUSM 1320); see table 40 for measurements.

UNVOUCHERED OBSERVATIONS: None.

IDENTIFICATION: Artibeus bogotensis was originally described (Andersen, 1906b) as a subspecies of A. cinereus . It was subsequently variously treated as a subspecies of A. cinereus (e.g., by Andersen, 1906b, 1908; Cabrera, 1958; Koopman, 1994) or A. glaucus (e.g., by Handley, 1987; Simmons, 2005; Marques-Aguiar, 2008a), until Lim et al. (2008) raised it to full species rank. Artibeus bogotensis can be distinguished from other species in the subgenus Dermanura by the following combination of characteristics: palebrown to grayish dorsal pelage; tricolored dorsal fur; distinct white facial stripes; margins of ear pale cream or whitish; entire forearm covered by long, dense fur; uropatagium dark brown and sparsely furred; rostrum short, slender, and elevated (tilted upward); posterior palatal border V-shaped, with nearly straight sides; impression of optic nerve in orbit well developed; angular process well developed but not reaching the level of the condyloid process; second upper premolar caniniform; M1 with narrow talon; and m3 absent (Handley, 1987; Lim et al., 2008; Calderón and Pacheco, 2012; Solari, 2019b). Descriptions and measurements of A. bogotensis have been provided by Andersen (1906b, 1908), Handley (1987), Lim et al. (2005), Lim et al. (2008), and Calderón and Pacheco (2012). No subspecies are currently recognized (Lim et al., 2008).

Ascorra et al. (1993) identified the specimen from Jenaro Herrera as Artibeus gnomus , but Calderón and Pacheco (2012) subsequently reidentified it as A. bogotensis , an assessment with which we concur. This specimen is the only record of the species in Peru.

REMARKS: No ecological information accompanies the single recorded capture of Artibeus bogotensis from our region.