Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Yellow-shouldered bat FAMILY - Phyllostomidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Sturnira lilium parvidens REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3, 9 and 15 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 4 - Comments on Status 4* widespread District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Caracol Archaeological Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 8 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 7 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Permanent 6 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 5 Gallon Jug Captured or Mist net Dry season 10 Private land, see comments Captured or Mist net Dry season 11 Shipstern Nature Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 12 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher August 13 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher February 14 Government land Collected as voucher February 15 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher February 14 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher Dry season 14 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 11 Macal River 7 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 12 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 13 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 14 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 14 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 14 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 14 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 14 Subtropical moist 15 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 14 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 13 Subtropical moist 12 General Distribution Comments 14* ROM Rockstone Pond; Augustine; Central Farm. 13* LSU Regalia 11* Chaa Creek Cottages 7* Rubber Camp 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. 1:139-140 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. 70 5 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 6 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 7 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. 8 Howell, D. 1990. The Bats of Caracol. Parts I and II. 22 pp. Unpub. report for Wildlife Conservation Society. 9 Gannon, M. R., M. R. Willig and J. K. Jones. 1989. Sturnira lilium. Mammalian Species No. 333, pp. 1-5. The American Society of Mammalogist 10 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 11 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. 12 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 13 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner. 14 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. 15 Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics (in) Handbook of Zoology. W. de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. p.46.
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