First record of leucism in the Spix’s Disc-winged Bat Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera: Thyropteridae) in Belize

2024 · doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e142564
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Although chromatic disorders are widely reported in the animal kingdom, few reports of true leucism have been published in Neotropical bats. In this note we report our observations of a leucistic Thyroptera tricolor Spix (Spix’s Disc-winged Bat) in the Maya Mountains of the Stann Creek District of Belize. Observations made between March 2023 and April 2024 at the Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society (T.R.E.E.S) research station recorded a group of Thyroptera tricolor with one leucistic male identified on three separate occasions. Our observations are the first documented account of leucism for this species and the Thyropteridae family.
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Preprint ARPHA Preprints https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e142564 (25 Nov 2024) https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e142564 (25 Nov 2024) Published in: Neotropical Biology and Conservation https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.20.e140661 Other versions: - Preprint InfoPreprint Info - CiteCite - MetricsMetrics - CommentComment - RelatedRelated - CitedCited ARPHA Preprints doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e142564 First posted 25 Nov 2024 Authors Vanessa Irene Martin - Corresponding author Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society, Middlesex, Belize Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society, Middlesex, Belize Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society, Middlesex, Belize Neotropical bat acoustic assessments, Canadian Lakes, United States of America Conflict of interest The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Supporting agencies Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society (T.R.E.E.S) This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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