Check List 15(6): 1113-1118, doi: 10.15560/15.6.1113
First records of Mimon cozumelae Goldman, 1914 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve in northeastern Honduras
expand article infoHefer Daniel Ávila-Palma‡, Manfredo Alejandro Turcios-Casco§|, Danny Josué Ordoñez Bautista‡, Marcio Martínez§, Diego Iván Ordoñez-Mazier‡
‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras§ Instituto Nacional de Conservación y Desarrollo Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre, Comayagüela M.D.C., Honduras| Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

Corresponding author: Manfredo Alejandro Turcios-Casco ( manturcios21@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Marcelo Nogueira
© Hefer Daniel Ávila-Palma, Manfredo Alejandro Turcios-Casco, Danny Josué Ordoñez Bautista, Marcio Martínez, Diego Iván Ordoñez-Mazier.
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Citation: Ávila-Palma HD, Turcios-Casco MA, Ordoñez Bautista DJ, Martínez M, Ordoñez-Mazier DI (2019) First records of Mimon cozumelae Goldman, 1914 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve in northeastern Honduras. Check List 15(6): 1113-1118. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.6.1113
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Abstract

Mimon cozumelae Goldman, 1914 is a poorly studied phyllostomid bat with occurrence records in Honduras dating from 17 years ago. During a survey from 13–22 September 2018 in the core of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, northeastern Honduras, we captured two M. cozumelae in a sample of 43 individuals recognized in 11 bat species. These records represent the fifth and sixth localities of M. cozumelae in the country and the first record since 2001. We recommend that M. cozumelae be included in the conservation and management plan of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve and in the conservation lists of bats in Honduras.

Keywords
Bats, Colón, Cozumelan Golden Bat, Phyllostominae, spear-nosed bats