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Item Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere: A survey and directory of collections(2018) Dunnum, Jonathan L.; McLean, Bryan S.; Dowler, Robert C.; Alvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul; Bradley, Jeff E.; Bradley, Robert D. (TTU); Carraway, Leslie N.; Carrera-E, Juan P. (TTU); Conroy, Christopher J.; Coyner, Brandi S.; Demboski, John R.; Dick, Carl W.; Doyle, Kate; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Gutiérrez, Eliecer; Hanson, John D.; Holahan, Paula M.; Holmes, Thorvald; Iudica, Carlos A.; Leite, Rafael N.; Lee, Thomas E.; Lim, Burton K.; Malaney, Jason L.; McLaren, Suzanne B.; Moncrief, Nancy D.; Olson, Link; Ordóñez-Garza, Nicte (TTU); Phillips, Caleb D. (TTU); Revelez, Marcia A.; Rickart, Eric A.; Rogers, Duke S.; Thompson, Cody W.; Upham, Nathan S.; Velazco, Paul M.As a periodic assessment of the mammal collection resource, the Systematic Collections Committee (SCC) of the American Society of Mammalogists undertakes decadal surveys of the collections held in the Western Hemisphere. The SCC surveyed 429 collections and compiled a directory of 395 active collections containing 5,275,155 catalogued specimens. Over the past decade, 43 collections have been lost or transferred and 38 new or unsurveyed collections were added. Growth in number of total specimens, expansion of genomic resource collections, and substantial gains in digitization and web accessibility were documented, as well as slight shifts in proportional representation of taxonomic groups owing to increasingly balanced geographic representation of collections relative to previous surveys. While we find the overall health of Western Hemisphere collections to be adequate in some areas, gaps in spatial and temporal coverage and clear threats to long-term growth and vitality of these resources have also been identified. Major expansion of the collective mammal collection resource along with a recommitment to appropriate levels of funding will be required to meet the challenges ahead for mammalogists and other users, and to ensure samples are broad and varied enough that unanticipated future needs can be powerfully addressed.Item Mammalia, Chiroptera, Emballonuridae, Peropteryx leucoptera Peters, 1867 and Peropteryx pallidoptera Lim, Engstrom, Reid, Simmons, Voss and Fleck, 2010: Distributional range extensions in Ecuador(2010) McDonough, Molly M. (TTU); Lim, Burton K.; Ferguson, Adam W. (TTU); Brown, Carson M.; Burneo, Santiago F.; Ammerman, Loren K.We reevaluate vouchered records of Peropteryx leucoptera in Ecuador with regard to the morphologically similar and newly described species, P. pallidoptera. The western-most distributional occurrence of P. pallidoptera is documented. Additionally, we describe a new record of P. leucoptera collected at Palma Roja, Cuyabeno Faunistic Reserve in Sucumbíos Province, Ecuador that represents the first record for this species in Sucumbíos Province and the northern-most distributional occurrence for Ecuador. © 2010 Check List and Authors.