TY - JOUR AU - Cubero Vasquez, Oscar AU - Artavia Duran, Eduardo PY - 2017/03/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - First record of the bat Trinycteris nicefori (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in the Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. JF - UNED Research Journal JA - URJ VL - 9 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.22458/urj.v9i1.1675 UR - https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/1675 SP - 35-37 AB - <p>The bat<strong> </strong><em>Trinycteris nicefori</em> is uncommon and some countries have declared their populations "vulnerable to extinction". Only three of 46 localities historically report <em>T. nicefori</em> individuals on the Pacific coast of the American continent, one of them in the North Pacific of Costa Rica (Higueron River, CaƱas Guanacaste). Between 2014 and 2016, two individuals were captured in two caverns of Barra Honda National Park, Costa Rica. This is the first record of this species for the Peninsula and the second for the Pacific coast of the country. The abundance of caves in the Protected Natural Area may contribute to the presence of this species.</p> ER -