Abstract

DIVOLL, Timothy J  and  BUCK, David G. Noteworthy field observations of cave roosting bats in Honduras. Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.1, pp.149-151. ISSN 0327-9383.

We present behavioral and ecological observations of three Neotropical bat species roosting in caves in Honduras. We observed alopecia (or significant hair loss) in a large colony of Phyllostomus hastatus. Two individual Sturnira ludovici were captured exiting an abandoned gold mine shaf at La Tigra National Park. We also present an unverified record for the emballonurid bat Balantiopteryx io (endemic to northern Mesoamerica) captured in a cave in Masca, Honduras. This location increases the distribution of this species by approximately 60 kilometers due east into a new ecosystem and across country borders.

Keywords : Alopecia; Balantiopteryx io; Cave roosting; Honduras; Sturnira ludovici.

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