Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Brazilian Long-nosed Bat FAMILY - Emballonuridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Rhynchonycteris naso REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3 and 17 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 4 District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Town or Village, see comments. Collected as voucher December 14 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 8 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Permanent 7 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 6 Bladen Nature Reserve 5 Gallon Jug Captured or Mist net Dry season 9 Private land, see comments Captured or Mist net Dry season 10 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher Dry season 11 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Collected as voucher February 15 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher December 14 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Captured or Mist net Dry season 16 Hydrologic Association Reference New River 15 Belize River 12 Sibun River 11 Macal River 10 Macal River 8 Raspaculo River 7 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 8 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 14 Subtropical moist 15 General Distribution Comments 16* Hillbank, 2 mist netted. 14* ROM Santa Familia 15* LSU Irish Creek; New lagoon 12* Tea Kettle, Murie 1931 collection; Duck Run, Murie 1931 collection. 10* Chaa Creek Cottages 8* Francelia Camp across Macal River 5* Quebrado de Oro References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1:78-79 3 Koopman, Karl F. 1993. Chiroptera. in Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds, Mammalian species of the world, 2nd ed, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 137-241. 4 Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide. University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. p.45 5 McCarthy, T. J., M. Blake. 1987. Noteworthy bat records from the Maya Mountains Forest Reserve, Belize. Mammalia v. 51, No. 1, pp.161-164 6 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 7 Rodgers, A.D.F.; D. A. Sutton, eds. 1991. Report of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to the Upper Raspaculo. Unpub. report. pp. E-1-1 and E-1-2 8 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 9 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 10 Merriman, T. 1993. List of bats caught and observed with Dr. Merlin D. Tuttle, BCI Founder's Circle Trip, May 8-17, 1993. In lit. 11 Cartwright, Anne McKnight Furnish. 1977. Patterns of Neotropical Chiroptera Reproduction Including Histological and Ecological Aspects of Bats Collected In Belize. Dissertation for Doctor of Education. Ball State University. Muncie, Indiana. 12 University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995. Unpublished listing of catalog with holdings of mammal specimens from Belize. 13 Murie, Adolph. 1935. Mammals from Guatemala and British Honduras. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Misc. Pub. 26. 14 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. 15 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner. 16 Smith, Rosemary L. 1994. Neotropical Bats as Indicators of Environmental Disturbance. Masters Thesis. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. pp.64. 17 Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics in Handbook of Zoology. W de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. pp. 45-46. 18 Plumpton, David L., J. Knox Jones Jr. 1992. Rhynchonycteris naso. Mammalian Species No. 413:1-5. The American Society of Mammalogists.
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