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This study investigated the reproductive dynamics of a colony of Geoffroy's tailless bat (Anoura geoffroyi), an important pollinating bat, in a highland area of Southeastern Brazil. The colony was monitored each month from November 2014 to December 2015 with 154 males and 117 females captured. Testicular and ovarian histological data from 31 adult males and 22 adult females were obtained. Body condition index of male and female, and gonadosomatic index, epididymis-somatic index and Sertoli cell efficiency were analyzed. Females with spermatozoa in uterine crypts, embryos in oviducts, gravid uteri, and pregnant females were registered during the rainy season (November-March) and into the beginning of the following dry season (April), indicating asynchrony of births. The ovaries showed all types of ovarian follicles, and a polarized ovary cortex was found, differing from the organization pattern of most mammals. The testes showed continuous spermatic activity, but testicular parameters analyzed showed significantly higher values during the rainy season. A shorter mating period during the beginning of this season was detected, when values of the gonadosomatic and epididymis-somatic indexes, and Sertoli cell efficiency showed more pronounced differences in relation to the remaining period of study. Unlike polyestry known for some Neotropical phyllostomids, the reproductive cycle of A. geoffroyi was characterized as seasonal monoestrous, with the main reproductive events occurring during the rainy season, as the best time for females to reproduce, but with offspring recruitment occurring predominantly during the dry season, a period with fewer food resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the study on the quantification of morphological variation within the bat species of Anoura fistula in Ecuador. It states that the species occupies an intermediate space between bat species including A.geoffroyim and A. caudifer. and share regions of morphospace. It cites that there is a group of specimens that takes place beyond the confidence interval (CI) for sample distribution. It also mentions that the A. fistulata overlaps with the A. caudifer in the distributon samples in shape but is distinct in the length of skull.

The article focuses on studies on the current approach used for morphological species delimitation for the genus Anoura bats. It presents the record of descriptions at the species level for Anoura including A. caudifer, A. geoffroyi, A. cultrata and A. brevirostrum, among others. Original data from specimens at several museum collections were used to make simple contrast against species descriptions. The article explains the role of size in the evolutionary changes of the species in Anoura, in direct link to ecological segregation. It considers that the size variation in clinal trends could be a source of misintrepretration concerning species boundaries.