Check List 21(2): 451-456, doi: 10.15560/21.2.451

First record of Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) (Chiroptera, Furipteridae) in the Ecuadorian Andes

Isabel Warren^‡§, Laura Simba^|¶, Jorge Brito^¶

‡ Reserva: The Youth Land Trust, Washington D.C., United States of America§ Fundación EcoMinga, Quito, Ecuador| Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador¶ Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador

Corresponding author: Isabel Warren ( warren.isabel@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Roberto Leonan Novaes

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Citation: Warren I, Simba L, Brito J (2025) First record of Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) (Chiroptera, Furipteridae) in the Ecuadorian Andes. Check List 21(2): 451-456. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.451

Abstract

We present the first Ecuadorian records of Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) from outside the Amazon Rainforest. Our specimens, collected in the Río Manduriacu Reserve, Imbabura Province, is the first record of any individual from the family Furipteridae in the Ecuadorian Andes. The genetic divergences observed with cyt-b and COI markers (10–15%) support previous studies that F. horrens represents a species complex and that the western Ecuador population may represent an undescribed species. This represents a significant increase in the potential habitat for this species and highlights the need for increased research into tropical Andean bat taxonomy.

Keywords

COI, cytochrome b, mist-netting, Neotropical forest, thumbless bat, tropical Andes