Chiroderma Garbino & Lim & Tavares 2020
Creators: name: Garbino, Guilherme S. T.
name: Lim, Burton K.
name: Tavares, Valéria Da C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Chiroderma

description: Key to the species and subspecies of genus Chiroderma
1 Size small, forearm equal to or less than 42 mm, greatest length of skull equal to or less than 23 mm ................... 2
- Size intermediate to large, forearm equal to or more than 43 mm, greatest length of skull equal to or more than 23 mm ...... ................................................................................................... 3
2 First lower premolar longer than high mesiodistally; third cuspid of first lower premolar absent; crown of lower canine at the same level or higher than the tip of the coronoid process of the mandibular bone.................... Chiroderma gorgasi
- First lower premolar higher than long mesiodistally; third cuspid of first lower premolar present; crown of lower canine clearly below the level of the top of the coronoid process of the mandibular bone........................ Chiroderma trinitatum
3 Size large, length of forearm equal to or more than 56 mm, greatest length of skull equal to or more than 28 mm; first lower premolar in contact with the lower canine and second premolar............................... Chiroderma improvisum
- Size intermediate to large, forearm length equal to or less than 54 mm (43–54 mm), greatest length of skull usually equal to or less than 28 mm (23–28 mm); diastema between first lower premolar and second lower premolar...................... 4
4 Size large, forearm length 47–54 mm, greatest length of skull 26–29 mm; dorsal pelage brown or dark brown; basal and terminal bands of the dorsal hairs of a same color................................................................ 5
- Size intermediate, forearm length 43–50 mm, greatest length of skull 23–26 mm; dorsal pelage brown, light brown or buff; base of dorsal hairs darker than terminal band................................................................... 6
5 First lower premolar large, with approximately ⅔ the height of second lower premolar; crown of lower canine clearly below the level of the top of the coronoid process of the mandibular bone; paraoccipital processes present....................................................................................................... Chiroderma doriae doriae
- First lower premolar small, with approximately ¼ the height of second lower premolar; crown of lower canine approximately the same height as the top of the coronoid process of the mandibular bone; paraoccipital processes absent..................................................................................................... Chiroderma salvini
6 Tip of noseleaf unnotched; facial stripes bright and conspicuous; posterior process of the palate absent; first upper incisors with convergent tips....................................................................................... 7
- Tip of noseleaf notched; facial stripes dark and inconspicuous; posterior process of the palate present; first upper incisors with parallel or divergent tips................................................................................ 8
7 Length of forearm usually more than 48 mm (45–50 mm); greatest length of skull equal to or more than 25 mm (25–27 mm); high-crowned first lower premolar (⅔ the height of second lower premolar; low-crowned lower canine, with the tips clearly below the level of the top of the coronoid process of the mandibular bone.................... Chiroderma doriae vizottoi
- Length of forearm equal to or less than 47 mm (43–47 mm); greatest length of skull equal to or less than 25 mm (23–25 mm); low-crowned first lower premolar (¼ the height of second lower premolar); high-crowned lower canine, with the tips approximately the same height as the top of the coronoid process of the mandibular bone................ Chiroderma scopaeum
8 Length of forearm 46 mm on average (41–52 mm); distributed east of the Andes........... Chiroderma villosum villosum
- Length of forearm 44 mm on average (41–47 mm); distributed west of the Andes............. Chiroderma villosum jesupi
description: Published as part of Garbino, Guilherme S. T., Lim, Burton K. & Tavares, Valéria Da C., 2020, Systematics of big-eyed bats, genus Chiroderma Peters, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 4846 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4846.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4017497