Kalko's yellow-eared bat

Kalko's yellow-eared bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Vampyressa
Species:
V. elisabethae
Binomial name
Vampyressa elisabethae
Tavares, Gardner, Ramírez-Chaves, and Velazco, 2014

Kalko's yellow-eared bat (Vampyressa elisabethae) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.[1] It is found in northern Panama.

Taxonomy and etymology

The holotype of V. elisabethae was collected in 1961 in a montane evergreen forest (approximately 1,500 meters above sea level) in "Rancho Mojica", a locality 32 km far from Changuinola in Panama. Besides the holotype, just another four specimens are known, all were collected between 1961 and 1976.[2]

The species name honors Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko, for her important contributions to bat ecology. Kalko worked intensively in Panama, mainly in Barro Colorado Island.

A recent study obtained cytochrome b gene sequences from the holotype, including it in a phylogenetic analysis of the genus. It was shown that it has a high degree of molecular divergence from the other Vampyressa. In the phylogeny it is recovered as the sister group of a clade composed by V. melissa and V. voragine.[3]

References

  1. ^ Morales-Martínez, Darwin M; Rodríguez-Posada, Miguel E; Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E (2021-04-01). "Erratum to: A new cryptic species of yellow-eared bat Vampyressa melissa species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia". Journal of Mammalogy. 102 (2): 660. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab016. ISSN 0022-2372.
  2. ^ Tavares, V.R.; Gardner, A.L.; Ramírez-Chaves, H.E.; Velazco, P.M. (2014). "Systematics of Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of Vampyressa". American Museum Novitates (3813): 1–27. doi:10.1206/3813.1. S2CID 2534224.
  3. ^ Tavares, V.R.; Gardner, A.L.; McDonough, M.M.; Maldonado, J.E.; Gutiérrez, E.E.; Velazco, P.M.; Garbino, G.S.T. (2022). "Historical DNA of rare yellow-eared bats Vampyressa Thomas, 1900 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) clarifies phylogeny and species boundaries within the genus". Systematics and Biodiversity. 20 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1080/14772000.2022.2117247.