Resources

South America

López-Baucells, Adrià et al. A Field Guide to Bats of the Amazon, 2018. Pelagic Publishing. This 170 page paperback is a remarkably easy to use illustrated guide to identifying all 160 species in the Amazon.

Eisenberg, J. and Redford, K. 2000. Mammals of the Neotropics. University of Chicago Press. This three volume set (with each volume covering a different group of countries) appears to be the definitive work on mammals in the region.

Emmons, L. 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals A Field Guide. University of Chicago Press. This is the only near comprehensive field guide I’ve seen for the neotropics. It includes most of the mammals found at altitudes below 1000m. Some of the bats and murid rodents are treated only to the genus level.

Central America

Reid, F. 1997. A Field Guide To The Mammals Of Central American And Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press. This is excellent, and especially useful for identifying bats and rodents (many of which of course extend further south). It has a lot of information on where to find many of the species in Central America that I have yet to put to the test.