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Pensoft Publishers, Check List, 1(17), p. 1-6, 2021

DOI: 10.15560/17.1.1

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First record of the rare bat Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner & Patton, 1972) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Bolivia

Journal article published in 2021 by Lizette Siles ORCID, Robert B. Wallace ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The phyllostomid bat Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner & Patton, 1972) was considered endemic to Peru and restrict to only two localities, until it was recently collected in a new locality in Colombia. Now we report G. koepckeae for the first time in Bolivia, based on a specimen collected in a well-preserved montane forest inside the Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi. The site of capture is at 2280 m, which is the highest elevational record for the species. Gardnerycteris koepckeae is a rare species restricted to a fragile ecosystem threatened by mining and other changes in land use.