Phyllonycteris poeyi Gundlach, 1861

Velazco, Paúl M., O'Neill, Hannah, Gunnell, Gregg F., Cooke, Siobhán B., Rimoli, Renato, Rosenberger, Alfred L. & Simmons, Nancy B., 2013, Quaternary Bat Diversity in the Dominican Republic, American Museum Novitates 2013 (3779), pp. 1-20 : 12-13

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MATERIAL EXAMINED: Cueva de Lily: 151 complete skulls, 84 skull fragments, 4 mandibles, 17 dentaries, 2 scapulae, 3 femora, 32 humeri, 29 radii. Oleg’s Bat Cave: 6 complete skulls, 2 mandibles, 2 scapulae, 1 femur.

EXTANT DISTRIBUTION: Cuba and Hispaniola ( Dávalos and Turvey, 2012; Simmons, 2005).

FOSSIL RECORD: Phyllonycteris poeyi has previously been recovered from fossilized owl pellets (Diquini) and superficial deposit material (Saint-Michel-de-l’Atalaye) in Haiti and from a Quaternary cave deposit (Cerro de San Francisco) in the Dominican Republic (fig. 2; table 1). Additionally, P. poeyi has been found in late Quaternary cave deposits in the Bahamas (Abaco and New Providence), Cuba, and Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) ( Anthony, 1919; Koopman and Ruibal, 1955; Silva Taboada 1974; Morgan, 2001).

REMARKS: No consistent differences in cranial or postcranial morphology or size were found between our sample and the comparative material (appendix).

SUBFAMILY STENODERMATINAE GERVAIS, 1856

Phyllops falcatus (Gray, 1839)

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Oleg’s Bat Cave: 2 left scapulae.

EXTANT DISTRIBUTION: Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac), Cuba, and Hispaniola ( Morgan, 2001; Tavares and Mancina, 2008; Dávalos and Turvey, 2012).

FOSSIL RECORD: Phyllops falcatus has previously been recovered from fossilized owl pellets (Diquini and Port-de-Paix) and superficial deposit material (Saint-Michel-de-l’Atalaye) in Haiti and from fossilized owl pellets (Constanza) and Quaternary cave deposits (Cerro de San Francisco) in the Dominican Republic (fig. 2; table 1). Additionally, P. falcatus has been found in late Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba ( Anthony, 1919; Koopman and Ruibal, 1955; Arredondo, 1970; Torres and Rivero de la Calle, 1970; Silva Taboada and Woloszyn, 1975; Suárez and Díaz- Franco, 2003).

REMARKS: No consistent differences in scapula shape or size were found between the Oleg’s Bat Cave samples and the comparative material (appendix).

FAMILY NATALIDAE GRAY, 1866

Chilonatalus micropus (Dobson, 1880)

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Cueva de Lily: 1 radius.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (San Andrés and Providencia islands), Hispaniola, and Jamaica ( Tejedor, 2011).

FOSSIL RECORD: Chilonatalus micropus has previously been recovered from a late Quaternary deposit (Cerro de San Francisco) in the Dominican Republic (fig. 2; table 1; Morgan, 1994, 2001). The fossil records of C. micropus from Cuba and Grand Cayman Island reported by Morgan (2001) correspond to C. macer ( Tejedor, 2011) .

REMARKS: No differences in radius shape or size were found between the Cueva de Lily sample and the comparative material (appendix).

References

Anthony, H. E. 1919. Mammals collected in eastern Cuba in 1917. With descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41 (20): 625 - 643.

Arredondo, O. 1970. Dos nuevas especies subfosiles de mamiferos (Insectivora: Nesophontidae) del Holoceno Precolombino de Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 86 (30): 122 - 152.

Davalos, L. M., and S. Turvey. 2012. West Indian mammals: the old, the new, and the recent. In B. D. Patterson and L. P. Costa (editors), Bones, clones, and biomes. The history of recent Neotropical mammals: 157 - 202. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Koopman, K. F., and R. Ruibal. 1955. Cave-fossil vertebrates from Camaguey, Cuba. Breviora 46: 1 - 8.

Morgan, G. S. 1994. Late Quaternary fossil vertebrates from the Cayman Islands. In M. A. Brunt and J. E. Davies (editors), The Cayman Islands: natural history and biogeography: 465 - 580. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.

Morgan, G. S. 2001. Patterns of extinction in West Indian bats. In C. A. Woods and F. E. Sergile (editors), Biogeography of the West Indies: patterns and perspectives: 369 - 406. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Silva Taboada, G. 1974. Fossil Chiroptera from cave deposits in central Cuba, with description of two new species (genera Pteronotus and Mormoops) and the first West Indian record of Mormoops megalophylla. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 19: 33 - 73.

Silva Taboada, G., and B. W. Woloszyn. 1975. Phyllops vetus (Mammalia: Chiroptera) en Isla de Pinos. Miscelania Zoologica (Cuba) 1: 3.

Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (editors), Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3 rd ed., 1: 312 - 529. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Tavares, V. C., and C. A. Mancina. 2008. Phyllops falcatus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Mammalian Species 811: 1 - 7.

Tejedor, A. 2011. Systematics of funnel-eared bats (Chiroptera: Natalidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 353: 1 - 140.

Torres, P. V., and M. Rivero de la Calle. 1970. La Cueva de la Santa. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Serie Espeleologia 13: 1 - 42.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Phyllostomidae skulls: dorsal, lateral, and ventral views. A. Brachyphylla nana, B. Erophylla bombifrons, C. Monophyllus redmani, D. Phyllonycteris poeyi. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 5. Chiropteran mandibles. A. Mormoops blainvillei, B. Pteronotus macleayii, C. Pteronotus parnellii, D. Pteronotus quadridens, E. Brachyphylla nana, F. Erophylla bombifrons, G. Monophyllus redmani, H. Phyllonycteris poeyi. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 6. Chiropteran humeri. A. Mormoops blainvillei (extant, ROM 89973), B. Mormoops megalophylla (extant, AMNH 25589), C. †Mormoops magna, D. †Mormoops magna (mirror image), E. Pteronotus macleayii (mirror image), F. Brachyphylla nana (mirror image), G. Erophylla bombifrons (mirror image), H. Monophyllus redmani (mirror image), I. Phyllonycteris poeyi. Scale bar = 10 mm.