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Abstract
We present the first Ecuadorian records of Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) from outside the Amazon Rainforest. Our specimens, collected in the Río Manduriacu Reserve, Imbabura Province, is the first record of any individual from the family Furipteridae in the Ecuadorian Andes. The genetic divergences observed with cyt-b and COI markers (10–15%) support previous studies that F. horrens represents a species complex and that the western Ecuador population may represent an undescribed species. This represents a significant increase in the potential habitat for this species and highlights the need for increased research into tropical Andean bat taxonomy.
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