Museum, University of Nebraska State
Date of this Version
3-10-1978
Citation
Annals of the Carnegie Museum (March 10, 1978) 47(article 5): 81-99.
Abstract
A collection of 450 specimens of bats from the Departement du Sud, Haiti, is described. Fifteen of the 17 species previously recorded from Hispaniola are represented, and Noctilio leporinus is reported from Haiti for the first time. Reproductive information for the months of January, May, June, August, and December is presented. Macrotus waterhousii is seasonally monoestrous, as on the mainland. The two species of stenodennines, Artibeus jamaicensis and Phyllops hailiensis, do not show bimodal seasonal polyestry as do stenodermines in Central America. Monophyllus redmani and the phyllonycterines may be seasonally monoestrous. Differences in reproductive biology between Haitian bats and closely related species on the Central American mainland may be correlated with differences in climate between the two areas.
Comments
Copyright 1978, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Used by permission.