LITTLE YELLOW-SHOULDERED BAT Sturnira lilium FAUNA PARAGUAY

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LITTLE YELLOW-SHOULDERED BAT Sturnira lilium
This common, fruit-eating bat is most easily recognised because it lacks a uropatagium, the tail membrane present to varying degrees in all other Paraguayan members of the order. Note also the rows of "pimples" on the lips. Despite the common name the yellow shoulders are not particularly useful for identification, they are present in some individuals, absent in others and may even be cinnamon or brownish in colouration on occasion. This is a humid forest species.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM175PH) Pregnant female ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Chris Elder November 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM176PH) Same individual ventral detail (Chris Elder November 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM177PH) Same individual dorsal view (Chris Elder November 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM178PH) Same individual head detail (Chris Elder November 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM179PH) Same individual lateral view (Chris Elder November 2007).
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM180PH) Male head detail showing lip "pimples", PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Flavia Netto October 2007).
FIGURE 7 - (FPMAM181PH) Same individual upperwing (Flavia Netto October 2007).
FIGURE 8 - (FPMAM182PH) Same individual foot (Flavia Netto October 2007).
FIGURE 9 - (FPMAM183PH) Adult specimen dorsal, Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 10 - (FPMAM184PH) Same specimen ventral (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 11 - (FPMAM185PH) Same specimen head detail (Paul Smith August 2009).