Title
Diversity and conservation of bats from Loreto, Peru
Other title
Diversidad y conservación de los murciélagos de Loreto, Perú
Date Issued
30 December 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
In this work, an updated list of species of bats from Loreto is presented, this was elaborated using information of databases, zoological collections, and specialized literature. The results confirm Loreto as the most diverse department of Peru with 114 species of bats grouped into 7 families (19.9% of the Peruvian mastofauna), which include two of the nine endemic species to Peru: Micronycteris (Micronycteris) matses and Hsunycteris dashe. Additionally, 444 different locations were found with specimen records, located mainly along rivers. Species recorded in four or less different locations are considered rare, while species recorded in 111 or more different locations are considered common. We present a map of the Loreto ecoregions with the different localities, both historical and contemporary, as well as a map of density of locations per 25 km2, which identifies 6 areas of information gaps: 1) North and middle Putumayo, 2) Northwest Maynas and northeast Loreto, 3) Middle Maynas, 4) North-middle Datem del Marañón, north Alto Amazonas and western end of Loreto, 5) South-middle Requena and eastern end of Ucayali and 6) Western end of Ucayali. Finally we present distribution maps for each species reported here for Loreto.
Volume
28
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Subjects
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85123532027
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
1561-0837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus