First record of Platyrrhinus albericoi (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) roosting in Ficus americana (Moraceae)

Guilherme S. T. Garbino; César Augusto Correa Piñeros

doi:10.31687/SaremNMS22.4.1

Autores

Guilherme S. T. Garbino Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
César Augusto Correa Piñeros Grupo de investigación Biodiversidad y Educación Ambiental – BIOEDUQ, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/SaremNMS22.4.1

Palavras-chave:

Colombia, frugivorous bat, roosting ecology, Stenodermatinae, Vampyressina

Resumo

We observed, between 13 October to 9 November 2021, a group of Platyrrhinus albericoi Velazco, 2005, using Ficus americana subsp. andicola as day roost. This hemiepiphyte fig tree was growing on an Inga edulis tree. Observations were made in Quindío, Colombia. During the observation period, group size ranged from nine to three individuals, with a mean of 6.16 individuals. These are the first records of day roost use by P. albericoi, and they confirm the supposition that large Platyrrhinus roost preferentially in dark recesses rather than in exposed foliage.

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