The Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira mistratensis''), is a species of
leaf-nosed bat
The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order ...
indigenous to the
Cordillera Occidental, in the
Mistrato municipality in
Risaralda,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
Since existing information derives exclusively from the
holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ...
, the status of the species, its environmental requirements, and the trend of the population are unknown.
See also
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List of mammals of Colombia
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Colombia. Of the mammals in Colombia, four are critically endangered, eight are endangered, twenty-seven are vulnerable, and six are near threatened. One of the species listed for Colombia is conside ...
References
Sturnira
Bats of South America
Mammals of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Mammals described in 2000
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