Uroderma bilobatum — Details

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Overview

Distribution

Range Description

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This species occurs from southern Veracruz, Mexico, south through the Isthmus to Bolivia, and southeastern Brazil; also Trinidad (Reid, 1997). It is found widely over all tropical areas of South America and generally occurs below 1,000 m elevation (Eisenberg, 1989). There are records from Venezuela, Guayana, French Guiana (Patterson pers. comm.).
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Geographic Range

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Southern Mexico to Peru and SE Brazil

Biogeographic Regions: neotropical (Native )

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Physical Description

Morphology

Physical Description

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A small phyllostomid, forearm around 42 mm long. Dark grayish brown with a narrow white line down the middle of the upper back, and a distinct white line above and below each eye. No external tail, and the tail membrane is narrow and lacks a fringe. The external ears are rimmed with yellow. The upper middle incisors are distinctively bilobed. Dental formula 2/2, 1/1, 2/2, 3/3.

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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

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Habitat and Ecology
The species occurs in evergreen and deciduous lowland forest; it is strongly associated with multistratal tropical wet forest, but also occurs in dry areas; it tolerates second growth woodland, fruit groves, and man-made clearings (Handley, 1976; Eisenberg, 1989; Reid, 1997). It roost in colonies (two to ten; sometimes up to 60) of both sexes. This species makes a wide variety of tents and appears to be an obligate tent rooster. The bat’s prominently striped face may function as disruptive camouflage inside a tent with multiple leaflets (Reid, 1997). They are strongly frugivorous but include insects in their diet (Goodwin and Greenhall, 1961); also flower parts, and nectar may be taken. In Venezuela 0-2,600 m (Lew pers com).

Systems
  • Terrestrial
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Habitat

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A lowland forest species.

Terrestrial Biomes: forest ; rainforest ; scrub forest

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Trophic Strategy

Food Habits

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Uroderma feed predominately on fruit, but they may take some pollen, nectar, and insects associated with flowers and fruit.

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Life History and Behavior

Reproduction

Reproduction

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The timing of the reproductive cycle varies seasonally. In Panama, Uroderma breed twice yearly, and birth to correlate with the fruiting and flowering cycle of plants. A single young is born after a gestation of 4 or 5 months.

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Uroderma bilobatum

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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species. 

 
There are 76 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.  Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
 
ABGYB593-06|ROM 103334|Uroderma bilobatum| ---------------------------------------ACCTTATATCTACTATTTGGTGCTTGAGCTGGCATAGTAGGCACTGCCCTA---AGCCTTCTCATTCGTGCTGAACTTGGCCAACCTGGGGCCCTATTAGGTGAT---GATCAAATTTACAATGTAGTAGTAACAGCCCATGCCTTCGTAATAATTTTCTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATCGGGGGTTTTGGCAACTGGCTGATCCCCTTAATG---ATCGGCGCACCCGATATAGCATTCCCCCGAATAAATAATATAAGCTTCTGGCTTCTCCCACCCTCCTTCTTACTTCTGCTTGCCTCATCCACAGTTGAGGCAGGGGTAGGAACAGGTTGAACCGTGTATCCTCCTCTAGCAGGGAATTTAGCACACGCTGGCGCCTCTGTTGACCTA---GCTATTTTCTCCCTTCACCTAGCAGGGGTCTCATCAATCCTCGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTACCACTATTATTAACATAAAACCCCCTGCCTTATCCCAATACCAGACTCCCCTGTTTGTCTGATCCGTCTTAATTACAGCTGTGCTACTACTTCTATCACTTCCTGTCCTAGCAGCA---GGAATTACTATACTATTAACAGACCGAAACCTCAATACTACTTTCTTCGATCCTGCAGGAGGAGGGGATCCTATTCTATACCAACACCTA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Uroderma bilobatum

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 135
Species: 157
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List Assessment

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Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2008

Assessor/s
Sampaio, E., Lim, B., Peters, S., Miller, B., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C.

Reviewer/s
Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification
This species is listed as Least Concern in because of its wide distribution, presumed large population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, tolerance to some degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

History
  • 1996
    Lower Risk/least concern
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Conservation Status

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These bats are common in lowland forests.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concern

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Population

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Population
Common and widespread (Reid, 1997).

Population Trend
Stable
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Threats

Threats

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Major Threats
None known.
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Management

Conservation Actions

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Conservation Actions
This species occurs in a number of protected areas.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems

Benefits

Economic Importance for Humans: Negative

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May occasionally damage fruit crops.

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Economic Importance for Humans: Positive

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Important dispersers of seeds and pollinators of many species of tropical plants.

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Wikipedia

Tent-making Bat

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The Tent-making Bat, Uroderma bilobatum, is a bat species from South and Central America. It lives in hollowed out trees. It is sometimes speculated that the bat is green in color, even though it is only thought so because of the "tent" the bat makes is made out a leaf that is green in color, in truth, the bat is whitish in color.

See also

References

  1. ^ Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Uroderma bilobatum. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 October 2008.
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