Diversification of the Yellow-shouldered bats, Genus Sturnira (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), in the New World tropics

[Display omitted] •Concatenated sequence analyses support generic monophyly, but not subgenera.•Sturnira contains at least 21 monophyletic clades, 3 of which are unnamed.•Sturnira diverged from other stenodermatines in the Miocene, but most of its diversification occurred in the Pliocene.•Initial di...

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