Abstract

ARTAVIA DURAN, Eduardo José; CUBERO VAZQUEZ, Oscar Mario; SOLANO BRENES, Evelyn  and  RODRIGUEZ ARIAS, Marilyn. First record for Costa Rica of the bat Artibeus inopinatus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Cuadernos de Investigación UNED [online]. 2023, vol.15, n.2, pp.174-178. ISSN 1659-4266.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22458/urj.v15i2.4787.

Introduction: The range of the the Honduran fruit bat, Artibeus inopinatus, extends in the south to Nicaragua and there were no previous records of its presence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, which is the southern limit of the tropical dry forest in Central America. Objective: To record the presence of A. inopinatus in Costa Rica. Methods: In May 2023, we did a mist netting session in Playa Naranjo, Santa Rosa. Results: We captured a pregnant female. Conclusion: Our finding extends the southern distribution of A. inopinatus into northwest Costa Rica.

Keywords : Uropatagium; hairs; extinction; monitoring; Heritage Site..

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