mddbats

Farah Carrasco-Rueda; Diego J. Zavala; Yolanda Alcarraz; Luiggi Carrasco-Escudero; Hugo T. Zamora

doi:10.15468/k57hmb

mddbats

Citation

Carrasco-Rueda F, Zavala D J, Alcarraz Y, Carrasco-Escudero L, Zamora H T (2021). mddbats. Version 1.3. Check List. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/k57hmb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-16.

Description

Records for Eumops maurus, Molossops temminckii, Molossus coibensis, Molossus alvarezi, and Thyroptera wynneae for Madre de Dios, Peru

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Each transect was sampled one night during each visit from 17:30 hrs. to 23:30 hrs.

Sampling

We set up ground level mist-nets (12 m x 3 m). We placed a total of 10 mist‐nets in L-shaped pairs in the forest interior and in agricultural land, while along the forest edge, we placed a total of 15 mist-nets in five sets of three nets in a “T” shape. For further details on sampling design, refer to Carrasco-Rueda and Loiselle (2020) and Carrasco-Rueda (2018). We did not sample during rainy nights or during two days before, the day of, and two days after a full moon to avoid possible effects on bat captures (Saldana-Vazquez and Munguia-Rosas 2013). We checked mist‐nets for bats every 30 min. Once released from mist‐nets, we placed the bats in individual cloth bags and took them to a temporary camp.

Method steps

For handling bats, we followed the guidelines provided by the American Society of Mammalogists (Sikes et al. 2016). All collected specimens were fixed in 10% formalin and then preserved in 70% ethanol. Voucher specimens were catalogued at the Centro de Ecología y Biodiversidad (CEBIO).The skulls were removed from the bodies for subsequent cleaning and fixation. All measurements were taken with digital calipers accurate to 0.01 mm.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Records are located in the Department of Madre de Dios, Province of Tambopata, Districts of Laberinto, Las Piedras and Inambari

Bibliographic Citations

Carrasco-Rueda F (2018) Land-use change and bat biodiversity: understanding patterns, drivers, and impacts of mitigation efforts. PhD dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, 205 pp. Carrasco-Rueda F, Loiselle BA (2020) Dimensions of phyllostomid bat diversity and assemblage composition in a tropical forest-agricultural landscape. Diversity 12(6): 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12060238 Saldana-Vazquez RA, Munguia-Rosas MA (2013) Lunar phobia in bats and its ecological correlates: A meta-analysis. Mammalian Biology 78(3): 216–219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2012.08.004 Sikes RS, The Animal Care and Use Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists (2016) 2016 Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and education. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3): 663–668. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw078 -

Contacts

Farah Carrasco-Rueda
originator
position: Coordinator, Putumayo Biocultural Corridor
The Field Museo of Natural History
US
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1686-2249

Diego J. Zavala
originator
position: Researcher
Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional de San Agustín
PE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9796-6287

Yolanda Alcarraz
originator
position: Volunteer
Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI)
PE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-9583

Luiggi Carrasco-Escudero
originator
position: Member
Programa de Conservación de Murciélagos del Perú (PCMP)
PE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6621-7451

Hugo T. Zamora
originator
position: Researcher
Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional de San Agustín
PE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-3449

Farah Carrasco-Rueda
metadata author
position: Coordinator, Putumayo Biocultural Corridor
The Field Museo of Natural History
US
email: farahcarrasco@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1686-2249

Farah Carrasco-Rueda
administrative point of contact
position: Coordinator, Putumayo Biocultural Corridor
The Field Museo of Natural History
US
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1686-2249