A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

In this work, we report and describe evidence of an anomaly in the tragus of an individual of Artibeus lituratus, captured in the Central Andes of Colombia. During field work in the Department of Caldas, municipality of Aranzazu, one individual of A. lituratus with unusual tragus form was trapped. This individual had a tragus with cylindrical shape and asymmetry. The individual was collected and deposited at the Museum of Natural History of the University of Caldas (MHN-UCa). A literature review was conducted to find similar cases using searching engines, but no previous reports of the anomaly were find. Furthermore, we reviewed the tragus of vouchers at the MHN-UCa and none of these had similar malformations. We concluded that this anomaly has not previously registered in Chiroptera.

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Main Authors: Tamayo-Zuluaga, Andrés F., Velásquez-Roa, Tatiana, Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E.
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Published: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas 2020
Online Access:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/17394
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spelling oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article173942020-09-01T14:56:03Z A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) Un registro de hipertrofia del trago del murciélago frugívoro de gran tamaño Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) Tamayo-Zuluaga, Andrés F. Velásquez-Roa, Tatiana Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E. Bat Malformations Outer ear Murciélago Malformaciones Outer ear In this work, we report and describe evidence of an anomaly in the tragus of an individual of Artibeus lituratus, captured in the Central Andes of Colombia. During field work in the Department of Caldas, municipality of Aranzazu, one individual of A. lituratus with unusual tragus form was trapped. This individual had a tragus with cylindrical shape and asymmetry. The individual was collected and deposited at the Museum of Natural History of the University of Caldas (MHN-UCa). A literature review was conducted to find similar cases using searching engines, but no previous reports of the anomaly were find. Furthermore, we reviewed the tragus of vouchers at the MHN-UCa and none of these had similar malformations. We concluded that this anomaly has not previously registered in Chiroptera. En este trabajo, reportamos y describimos evidencia de una anomalía en el trago de un individuo de Artibeus lituratus, capturado en los Andes Centrales de Colombia. En junio de 2019, durante un trabajo de campo en el Departamento de Caldas, municipio de Aranzazu, quedó atrapado un individuo de A. lituratus con inusual forma de trago. Este individuo tenía un trago de forma cilíndrica y asimetría. El individuo fue recogido y depositado en el Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de Caldas (MHN-UCa). Se realizó una revisión de la literatura para encontrar casos similares utilizando motores de búsqueda, pero no se encontraron informes previos de la anomalía. Además, revisamos el trago de los especímenes en el MHN-UCa y ninguno de ellos presentaba malformaciones similares. Concluimos que esta anomalía no se había registrado previamente en Chiroptera. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas 2020-08-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article application/pdf https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/17394 10.15381/rpb.v27i3.17394 Revista Peruana de Biología; Vol. 27 No. 3 (2020); 407-410 Revista Peruana de Biología; Vol. 27 Núm. 3 (2020); 407-410 1727-9933 1561-0837 10.15381/rpb.v27i3 eng https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/17394/15738 Derechos de autor 2020 Andrés Fernando Tamayo Zuluaga, Tatiana Velásquez-Roa, Héctor Ramírez-Chaves https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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author Tamayo-Zuluaga, Andrés F.
Velásquez-Roa, Tatiana
Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E.
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Velásquez-Roa, Tatiana
Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E.
A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
author_facet Tamayo-Zuluaga, Andrés F.
Velásquez-Roa, Tatiana
Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E.
author_sort Tamayo-Zuluaga, Andrés F.
title A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
title_short A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
title_full A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
title_fullStr A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
title_full_unstemmed A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
title_sort record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat artibeus lituratus (chiroptera: phyllostomidae)
description In this work, we report and describe evidence of an anomaly in the tragus of an individual of Artibeus lituratus, captured in the Central Andes of Colombia. During field work in the Department of Caldas, municipality of Aranzazu, one individual of A. lituratus with unusual tragus form was trapped. This individual had a tragus with cylindrical shape and asymmetry. The individual was collected and deposited at the Museum of Natural History of the University of Caldas (MHN-UCa). A literature review was conducted to find similar cases using searching engines, but no previous reports of the anomaly were find. Furthermore, we reviewed the tragus of vouchers at the MHN-UCa and none of these had similar malformations. We concluded that this anomaly has not previously registered in Chiroptera.
publisher Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
publishDate 2020
url https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/17394
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