In Brazil, bat migrations have been inferred based on seasonal variations in bat abundances observed for several species, probably as a result of variations in temperature and food availability. However, direct evidence of individual medium to long distance (> 10 km) movements, based on marked specimens, is restricted to large frugivorous bats, genus Artibeus (Phyllostomidae). We report the longest bat movement recorded in Brazil, along 113 km in a straight line, difference in altitude of 738 m, from a mixed Araucaria forest in Curitiba, PR, to the Atlantic Forest, Alto Ribeira, SP, by a female Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818), over a period of 14 months. This data is consistent with the occurrence of migratory movements in Neotropical bats, such as the ecologically flexible Artibeus spp., over relatively large areas, probably with short stopover foraging intervals. Implications for the conservation of these bats are clear, as their home ranges may be much larger than their foraging areas, encompassing more than one biome and overcoming political borders.

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24 (3): 573-581, setembro 2007A ordem Chiroptera é umas das ordens dominantes de mamíferos na Região Neotropical. Tradicionalmente a ordem é dividida em duas subordens, Megachiroptera e Microchiroptera. A última é amplamente distribuída pelo mundo, sendo representada por 17 famílias, 157 gêneros e 928 espécies (SIMMONS 2005, PERACCHI et al. 2006. São 164 espécies com ocorrência para o Brasil (REIS et al. 2006), representando cerca de um terço da mastofauna do País (FONSECA et al. 1999). Esta diversidade deve-se em grande parte à variedade de hábitos alimentares como insetivoria, frugivoria, nectarivoria, carnivoria, piscivoria, sanguivoria e onivoria encontrados em membros da família Phyllostomidae, os quais representam aproximadamente 55% da fauna Neotropical (HUMPHREY & BONACCORSO 1979).No Brasil, 42 espécies de morcegos já foram registradas vivendo em cavernas, o que representa pouco mais de 25% do número total de espécies (dados compilados de PINTO-DA-ROCHA

A checklist of bats from Distrito Federal (DF) and Goiás state (GO) and, particularly a single cave (Passa Três cave), located in São Domingos karst area (GO), central Brazil, is presented. Data is based on literature and surveys carried out during 2,000 years. In total, 66 species were recorded, with 30 using caves as shelters. Passa Três cave harbors nine Phyllostomidae species; the most abundant species were Platyrrhinus lineatus, Lonchorhina aurita, Desmodus rotundus and Carollia perspicillata; and the less abundants Trachops cirrhosus, Anoura caudifer and Glossophaga soricina. Besides, the cave is shelter of two threatened bats -Lonchophylla dekeyseri (Endangered category) and Lonchorhina aurita (Vulnerable category), included at Brazilian List of Threatened Fauna, and of a rare species, Lionycteris spurrelli. Passa Três cave shows enough attributes to be considered as a SICOM (Sites of Importance for Conservation of Bats), which would ensure its protection.

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