Notes on the life history of Centurio senex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from northern Central America
Author:
Trujillo Luis A.1ORCID, Martínez-Fonseca José G.2ORCID, Hernández Jonathan3ORCID, Cajas-Castillo José O.4, Girón-Galván Luis5ORCID, Medina-Fitoria Arnulfo6ORCID, Rodríguez Melissa E.5, Barahona-Fong Raiza1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), Ciudad Universitaria , Edificio T-10, 2do. Nivel, zona 12, 01012 , Guatemala City , Guatemala 2. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University , 200 E Pine Knoll Dr , Flagstaff , AZ 86011 , USA 3. Universidad Nacional de Ciencias Forestales (UNACIFOR) , Estación Experimental Lancetilla, 31301 Tela , Atlántida , Honduras 4. BQB-Biósfera, 45Av. "A" 2-20 Z.2 de Mixco , Guatemala, c.p. 01057 5. Programa de Conservación de Murciélagos de El Salvador de la Asociación Territorios Vivos El Salvador , Calle Las Acacias #No120 , Colonia Vista Hermosa , San Salvador, El Salvador 6. Asociación Mastozoológica de Nicaragua (AMAN) , 16300 Ticuantepe , Managua , Nicaragua
Abstract
Abstract
The wrinkled-faced bat (Centurio senex) is an enigmatic species widely distributed in Mesoamerica. Besides its wide distribution it is considered rare in almost the entire range and little is known about its life history. We provide notes and discuss on the natural history of the species and performed a distribution model and an elevation profile in order to understand the distribution patterns in Northern Central America. We found that C. senex inhabits ecosystems from lowlands to 1943 m, with higher probability of occurrence in the Pacific region and the mountains of Guatemala in which seasonal precipitation regimes predominates.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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