A New Species of Bat, Geoffroy’s Hairy-Legged Bat, Anoura geoffroyi, Recorded for Tobago, W.I. and Updated Species List

Authors

  • Luke Rostant Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies
  • Ralph E. Eshelman Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, Maryland and National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA.
  • Gary S. Morgan New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
  • Geoffrey A. Gomes Trinidad and Tobago Bat Conservation and Research Unit

Abstract

In this short note, we update the list of existing bat species found in Tobago, as well as those believed to be extinct on the island. We also highlight the capture of a new record, Geoffroy’s Hairy-legged Bat, Anoura geoffroyi in Tobago.

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Published

2019-12-31

Issue

Living World 2019

Section

Nature Notes