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Issue: Vol. 4114 No. 3: 24 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.3.2
Page range: 246–260
Abstract views: 117
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A taxonomic revision of the Yasuni Round-eared bat, Lophostoma yasuni
(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Sección Mastozoología, Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre 1076, Quito, Ecuador.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, California 90095-1601, U.S.A.
Sección Mastozoología, Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre 1076, Quito, Ecuador.
Mammalia Ecuador synonymy systematics taxonomy Yasuni National Park

Abstract

The Yasuni Round-eared bat, Lophostoma yasuni, was described in 2004 by morphological analysis of the holotype, the only specimen attributed to this taxon to date. A molecular analysis using cytochrome-b sequences and a new morpholo-gical analysis that includes the holotype of L. yasuni and two specimens of L. carrikeri from near the type locality of L. yasuni were carried out. The new molecular and morphological evidence places L. yasuni within the clade of L. carrikeri. We propose that L. yasuni should therefore be considered as a synonym of L. carrikeri. An emended diagnosis for L. carrikeri extending ranges of craniodental measurements for this species is presented.

 

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