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APPENDIX I. SPECIMENS EXAMINED
The following list includes all specimens examined in this study, with their respective localities.
Artibeus anderseni (41)- AMAZONAS, Leticia (ROM 53614, 53615, 53616, 63061) ANTIOQUIA, Los Remedios (ROM 84982), CUNDINAMARCA, La Gran Curva, 114 km al oeste de Bogotá (ROM 48959, 51790), Melgar (ROM 53613, 75300, 75302), Puerto Salgar (ROM 44956, 44957, 44965) TOLIMA, Alvarado, vereda Rincón de Chipalo, Parque Nacional del Arroz (CZUT-M 2089, 2090, 2091, 2099, 2100), Armero Guayabal, Centro Universitario Regional del Norte - Universidad del Tolima (ROM 1128, 1415, 1416, 1418, 1434, 1436, 1481, 1492, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1536 ,1537, 1538, 1541, 1624, 1638, 1639, 1641, 1642), Espinal (ROM 88089), Ibagué, vereda Aparco (CZUT-M 2098, 2103).
Artibeus lituratus (64)- CAUCA, Bellavista (ROM 63232, 63063, 64066, 64067, 64068, 64069, 64070, 64071, 67247, 67253, 67255, 67256, 67261), CUNDINAMARCA, Puerto Salgar (ROM 44811), META, Villavicencio, Puerto López (ROM 88083), TOLIMA, Ambalema, vereda Chorrillo (CZUT-M 1410, 1546, 1567, 1569, 1668), Armero Guayabal, Centro Universitario Regional del Norte - Universidad del Tolima (CZUT-M 1124, 1413, 1545, 1546, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1596, 1628, 1629, 1631, 1704), Ibagué, vereda Chucuni (CZUT-M 0763, 0764, 0766, 0835), Buenos Aires (ROM 44882, 44885), Melgar, Santo Tomas (MUJ 00826, 00827, 00828, 00829, 00830, 00832, 00833, 00834) Suárez, vereda Batatas (CZUT-M 0299, 0301, 0303, 0305, 0344, 0346), vereda Aguas Claras (CZUT-M 0363), vereda Los Arrayanes (CZUT-M 1230, 1231), PUTUMAYO, vereda Guascayaco (ROM 46356, 49206, 49209, 49211), VAUPÉS, Mitú (ROM 45258, 45259, 45260), VALLE DEL CAUCA (ROM 44889, 44890).
Artibeus planirostris (75)- META, Fuente de Oro, Km 9 Carretera Puerto Limón (ROM 90109, 91409), TOLIMA, Ambalema, vereda Chorrillo (CZUT-M 1468, 1469, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1494, 1544, 1568, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1589, 1590, 1591, 1592, 1599, 1600, 1605, 1632, 1643, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1699, 1700, 1701), Ibagué, vereda Aparco (CZUT-M 1994, 1995, 1996), Armero Guayabal, Centro Universitario Regional del Norte - Universidad del Tolima (CZUT-M 1412, 1414, 1493, 1513, 1514, 1542, 1543, 1593, 1594, 1595, 1598, 1698, 1705, 1712, 2008, 2049), Suárez, vereda Batatas (CZUT-M 0243, 0244, 0245, 0298, 0300, 0302, 0304, 0345, 0347, 2070), PUTUMAYO, vereda Guayaco (ROM 49211), Vereda San Miguel (67246).
Artibeus phaeotis (28)- AMAZONAS, Leticia (ROM 53610, 53611, 53612), CAUCA, Bellavista (ROM 64064, 64059, 64057), MAGDALENA, Santa Marta (ROM 79885), TOLIMA, Alvarado, vereda Rincón de Chipalo, Parque Nacional del Arroz (CZUT-M 2106), Ambalema, vereda Chorrillo (CZUT-M 1346, 1549, 1572, 1647) Armero Guayabal, Centro Universitario Regional del Norte - Universidad del Tolima (CZUT-M 1127, 1435, 1437, 1518, 1571, 1625, 1640, 1702, 1703, 1706, 1710, 1711), Mariquita (MUJ 0269, 0285, 0286), Melgar (MUJ 00835).
Platyrrhinus helleri (31) -MAGDALENA, Santa Marta (ROM 79882), TOLIMA, Alvarado, vereda Rincón de Chipalo, Parque Nacional del Arroz (CZUT-M 2009, 2062), Ambalema, vereda Chorrillo (CZUT-M 1709), Armero Guayabal, Centro Universitario Regional del Norte - Universidad del Tolima (CZUT-M 1539, 1547, 1570, 1602, 1626, 1630, 2010), Líbano, Hacienda La Trinidad (ROM 88082), Ibagué, vereda Martínez (CZUT-M 0027, 0116), San Sebastián de Mariquita (CZUT-M 1063, 1065, 1072), Melgar (CZUT-M 1928), vereda Santo Tomas (MUJ 00837, 00838, 00839, 00841), Suárez, vereda Batatas (CZUT-M 0341, 0364, 1914), PUTUMAYO (ROM 403559, 46375, 46353, 63239), VAUPÉS, Mitú (ROM 45274, 45273),
Uroderma convexum (40)- MAGDALENA, Santa Marta (ROM 79886), TOLIMA, Alvarado, vereda Rincón de Chipalo, Parque Nacional del Arroz (CZUT-M 2093, 2101, 2104, 2105), Armero Guayabal, Centro Universitario Regional del Norte - Universidad del Tolima (CZUT-M 1126, 1438, 1511, 1512, 1540, 1597, 1601, 1622, 1623, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1694, 1707), Ibagué, vereda Aparco (CZUT-M 2095, 2096, 2097, 2102), San Sebastián de Mariquita (CZUT-M 1054, 1070), Melgar (CZUT-M 1927, MUJ 00842, 00843, 00844, ROM 62508), Suárez, vereda Batatas (CZUT-M 1915), PUTUMAYO, vereda Guascayaco (ROM 46360), vereda Horno (ROM 63240, 63240), VAUPÉS, Mitú (CZUT-M 45268, 45267, 45366, 45265).
Sturnira giannae (30)- TOLIMA, Ambalema, vereda Chorrillo (CZUT-M 1116, 1117, 1118, 1296, 1310, 1318, 1342, 1343), Armero Guayabal, Centro Universitario Regional del Norte - Universidad del Tolima (CZUT-M 1129, 1403), Ibagué, vereda Aparco (CZUT-M 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2028), Mariquita (CZUT-M 1056, 1061), Suárez, vereda Batatas (CZUT-M 0234, 0246, 0307, 0362, 1236), PUTUMAYO (ROM 40374, 40313, 40349, 40375, 46373, 49184).