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Biodiversity Journal, 11 (2): 527-534
Manfredo Alejandro Turcios-Casco, Claudio José Mejía-Suazo, Danny Josué Ordoñez Bautista & Hefer Daniel Ávila-Palma
Noteworthy records of the Geoffroy’s tailless bat and the Eastern Pipistrelle in Copán, western Honduras (Mammalia Chiroptera)
https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2020.11.2.527.534ABSTRACT
Of the 113 bat species that occur in Honduras, the Geoffroy’s tailless bat, Anoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838, and the Eastern Pipistrelle, Perimyotis subflavus (F. Cuvier, 1832), are among the least studied. Here we report the first records of A. geoffroyi and P. subflavus in a cave known as El Ermitaño in Cerro Azul Copán National Park (abbreviation in Spanish PANACAC) in the department of Copán, western Honduras, based on a survey from 30 October to 03 November 2017. We accumulated 840 m2.h of sampling effort and captured 13 individuals including four of A. geoffroyi and two of P. subflavus. These records represent the first ones of P. subflavus in PANACAC and Copán, the westernmost records and the highest altitudinal record of the species in the country, and is the first time that P. subflavus has been found roosting together with A. geoffroyi. PANACAC might represent an important site for conservation for both species in Honduras, however, the protected area has been affected by the extension of crops and cattle. We recommend forest management and environmental education of bats to the people of Florida as a solution to keep stable bat populations.
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