Cinnamon dog-faced bat
{{Short description|Species of bat}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Cinnamon dog-faced bat
| image = Cynomops abrasus Bat species (10.3897-zoologia.37.e36514) Figures 18–29.jpg
| image_caption = Preserved specimen in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Cynomops
| species = abrasus
| authority = Temminck, 1827
| range_map = Cynomops abrasus map.svg
}}
The cinnamon dog-faced bat (Cynomops abrasus), is a South American bat species of the family Molossidae.{{MSW3 Chiroptera | id = 13801603 | page = 436}} It is found in northern and central South America.
Taxonomy
The bat belongs to the genus Cynomops, which was recently split from the genus Molossops.
There are four recognised subspecies:
- Cynomops abrasus abrasus (Temminck, 1827)
- C. a. brachymeles (Peters, 1866)
- C. a. cerastes (Thomas, 1901)
- C. a. mastivus (Thomas, 1911){{Cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=946094#null|title=ITIS Standard Report Page: Cynomops abrasus|website=www.itis.gov|access-date=2020-03-21}}
Description
The dorsal fur is brown, dark brown or chestnut. The ventral fur is similar in color to the dorsal fur. A dense patch of fur is present on the wing, located on the top back third of the forearm and propatagial membrane. There is also a second patch of fur on the bottom, back three-quarters of the forearm that extends across the patagium near the wrist to the base of the fourth metacarpal. These patches are darker in color than the membrane.
The bats have a broad face with widely separated ears. There are no wrinkles on the lips. There is also no nose leaf present. The bats display sexual dimorphism. The average total length is {{convert|121.1|mm|in|abbr=on}} and the average tail length is {{convert|37.6|mm|in|abbr=on}}. The forearm length in males is {{convert|44.2-49.0|mm|in|abbr=on}} and in females it is {{convert|41.0-45.0|mm|in|abbr=on}}. The greatest skull length is {{convert|19.5-24.3|mm|in|abbr=on}} in males and {{convert|18.4-21.5|mm|in|abbr=on}} in females.
Biology
Habitat and distribution
The species is found on the eastern side of the Andes in northern Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela. The bat is an open-air hunter and is limited to forests. It is found in high and dense forests in Argentina and near floodable lands in Paraguay.
The bat roosts in colonies of up to 75 individuals. The bat roosts in decayed logs and hollow trees, and tends to pick relatively warm area to roost.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uwsp.edu:443/biology/VertebrateCollection/Pages/Vertebrates/Mammals%20of%20Paraguay/Molossops%20abrasus/Molossops%20abrasus.aspx|title=Molossops abrasus - Vertebrate Collection {{!}} UWSP|website=www.uwsp.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-21}}
Conservation
References
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- {{Cite book | last1 = Eger | first1 = Judith L. | editor1-last = Gardner | editor1-first =Alfred L. | title = Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats | publisher = University of Chicago Press | date = 1 March 2008 | pages = 403–404 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dbU3d7EUCm8C&pg=PA404 | isbn =978-0-226-28240-4 |oclc = 644361912}}
{{Molossidae}}
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Category:Mammals described in 1827