LargeAnoura(Chiroptera:Glossophaginae) taxonomy, taxonomic status ofAnoura carishina, and implications for the distribution ofAnoura latidensin Colombia
Abstract:The Anoura geoffroyi species complex is composed of 3 large species: A. geoffroyi, A. peruana, and A. carishina. Several inconsistencies arise from the description of A. carishina, and given the lack of a comparison with the dentition and external characters of A. latidens, here we compare the taxonomic characters of these species. To understand the position of A. carishina in the morphospace occupied by large Anoura, we conducted a Principal Component Analysis on 12 craniodental and 11 external variables. We … Show more
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