How Do We Identify Micronycteris (Schizonycetris) Sanborni Simmons, 1996 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) Reliably and Where We Can Find This Species in Brazil?

Feijó, Anderson; Rocha, Patrício Adriano da; Ferrari, Stephen F.

doi:10.1590/0031-1049.2015.55.20

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“…Applying Hitchens’ razor, we dismiss the alleged record for the Amazon biome (contra López-Baucells et al 2013), a view we share with other authors (see Nogueira et al 2014b, Feijó et al 2015b). In addition, as noted by Feijó et al (2015b), alleged records from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul need to be confirmed. One of the two specimens that formed the basis of these records (see Santos et al 2010) lacks the pure white ventral pelage coloration typical of confirmed vouchers of Micronycteris sanborni (see above) – and according to Siles et al (2013) it might actually correspond to Micronycteris yatesi .…”

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“…Micronycteris sanborni is endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga, and has been recorded in the Brazilian states of Ceará, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Piauí, Pernambuco, and Tocantins (Simmons 1996, Gregorin et al 2008, Cunha et al 2009, Feijó et al 2010, 2015b, Nogueira et al 2015, Silva et al 2015). An alleged record of the species for the Amazon biome has been recently published (López-Baucells et al 2013), but no voucher specimen supports this claim and the individual that forms the basis of this record lacked the pure white ventral pelage coloration that seems to be characteristic of Micronycteris sanborni (see Simmons 1996, Feijó et al 2015b).…”

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“…An alleged record of the species for the Amazon biome has been recently published (López-Baucells et al 2013), but no voucher specimen supports this claim and the individual that forms the basis of this record lacked the pure white ventral pelage coloration that seems to be characteristic of Micronycteris sanborni (see Simmons 1996, Feijó et al 2015b). Applying Hitchens’ razor, we dismiss the alleged record for the Amazon biome (contra López-Baucells et al 2013), a view we share with other authors (see Nogueira et al 2014b, Feijó et al 2015b). In addition, as noted by Feijó et al (2015b), alleged records from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul need to be confirmed.…”

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The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga

Gutiérrez¹,

Marinho‐Filho²

2017

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Citation: Gutiérrez EE, Marinho-Filho J (2017) The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga. ZooKeys 644: 105-157. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.644.10827 AbstractWe undertook a comprehensive, critical review of literature concerning the distribution, conservation status, and taxonomy of species of mammals endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga, the two largest biomes of the South American Dry-Diagonal. We present species accounts and lists of species, which we built with criteria that, in our opinion, yielded results with increased scientific rigor relative to previously published lists -e.g., excluding nominal taxa whose statuses as species have been claimed only on the basis of unpublished data, incomplete taxonomic work, or weak evidence. For various taxa, we provided arguments regarding species distributions, conservation and taxonomic statuses previously lacking in the literature. Two major findings are worth highlighting. First, we unveil the existence of a group of species endemic to both the Cerrado and the Caatinga (i.e., present in both biomes and absent in all other biomes). From the biogeographic point of view, this group, herein referred to as Caatinga-Cerrado endemics, deserves attention as a unit -just as in case of the Caatinga-only and the Cerrado-only endemics. We present preliminary hypotheses on the origin of these three endemic faunas (Cerrado-only, Caatingaonly, and Caatinga-Cerrado endemics). Secondly, we discovered that a substantial portion of the endemic mammalian faunas of the Caatinga and the Cerrado faces risks of extinction that are unrecognized in the highly influential Red List of Threatened Species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). "Data deficient" is a category that misrepresents the real risks of extinction of these species considering that (a) some of these species are known only from a handful of specimens collected in a single or a few localities long ago; (b) the Cerrado and the Caatinga have been sufficiently sampled to guarantee collection of additional specimens of these species if they were abundant; (c) natural habitats RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A peer-reviewed open-access journalEliécer E. Gutiérrez & Jader Marinho-Filho / ZooKeys 644: 105-157 (2017) 106 of the Cerrado and the Caatinga have been substantially altered or lost in recent decades. Failures either in the design of the IUCN criteria or in their application to assign categories of extinction risks represent an additional important threat to these endemic faunas because their real risks of extinctions become hidden. It is imperative to correct this situation, particularly considering that these species are associated to habitats that are experiencing fast transformation into areas for agriculture, at an unbearable cost for biodiversity.

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The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga

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Marinho‐Filho²

2017

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“…M. sanborni is endemic to Brazil and known from 10 scattered localities (Feijó et al 2015b). We only found it in the Seridó Biological Station and its closest previous record is from 42.6 km south in Patos in the Caatinga of Paraíba State (Feijó et al 2015b). However, M. sanborni might be more common than previously thought because it is difficult to differentiate from other sympatric pale-bellied Micronycteris bats in Brazil.…”

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“…However, there is a closer record about 146 km southeast from Lajes in the Atlantic Forest in Guaribas Biological Reserve in Paraíba State (Rocha et al 2017). M. sanborni is endemic to Brazil and known from 10 scattered localities (Feijó et al 2015b). We only found it in the Seridó Biological Station and its closest previous record is from 42.6 km south in Patos in the Caatinga of Paraíba State (Feijó et al 2015b).…”

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The bats of Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil

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Rio Grande do Norte is one of the smallest states in Brazil but has a rich diversity of ecosystems, including Caatinga vegetation, remnants of Atlantic Forest, coastal habitats, mangroves and large karstic areas with caves. However, its chiropteran fauna is little known, and the state contains conspicuous gaps of information on the occurrence and distribution of bats in Brazil. In order to reduce this information gap, based on a review of scientific literature and regional mammal collections, we list 42 species of bats, including new occurrences for 13 species and discussion on their conservation status. Results show that more than half (54%) of the recorded species are phyllostomid bats, and about one third of the bats in the state roosts in underground cavities. The Caatinga harbored the highest bat richness in the state, including the occurrence of four vulnerable species (Furipterus horrens, Lonchorhina aurita, Natalus macrourus and Xeronycteris vieirai). The Atlantic Forest needs to be more sampled, including mangroves, coastal habitats and areas of Caatinga in the central region of the state (Borborema highlands), which are virtually unsurveyed. Although the recent increase of studies on bats in the state, future studies should complement conventional mistnetting with active roost search and bioacoustical records in order to obtain better data for unraveling the bat fauna of Rio Grande do Norte.

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