Ocurrence of the chestnut long-tongued bat Lionycteris spurrelli Thomas, 1913 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in the Northeastern Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Abstract

of the chestnut long-tongued bat Lionycteris spurrelli Thomas, 1913 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in the Northeastern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 9(1): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v9n1/en/abstract?short-communication+bn00909012009. Abstract:During an inventory fieldwork carried out at Usina Salgado property in the county of Ipojuca, Pernambuco, Brazil, we captured a Lionycteris spurrelli specimen in a forest fragment known as Mata do Mingú (8° 31' 29" S and 35° 03' 26" W). This marks the first occurrence for the northeast region and therefore, the first record for the state of Pernambuco, widening its distribution area within Atlantic Forest. The extension of the occurrence area points out this record as being the oriental limit for the species.

Discovering the Brazilian bat fauna: a task for two centuries?

“…1995); sampling in fragments in Espírito Santo and São Paulo extended the distribution of Micronycteris brachyotis and Artibeus gnomus by 1000 and 1500km, respectively (Taddei & Pedro 1993, Aguiar et al. 1995); and the distribution of Lionycteris spurrelli was extended 850km to the northeast because of records in fragments of Pernambuco (Lira et al. 2009).…”

“…Financial resources specifically for the study of endangered habitats have been made available by the government, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector; areas previously inaccessible for research due to the lack of funds have started to be sampled for bats as well as for other taxa. Areas in the Atlantic Forest have been better surveyed because of their conservation priority status, resulting in new findings: Lasiurus ebenus, a new species, was described in the southern forest remnants (Fazzolari-Correa 1994); Choeroniscus minor, previously known only in the Amazon Basin, was recorded in the last large forest remaining in Minas Gerais (Aguiar et al 1995); sampling in fragments in Espírito Santo and São Paulo extended the distribution of Micronycteris brachyotis and Artibeus gnomus by 1000 and 1500km, respectively (Taddei & Pedro 1993, Aguiar et al 1995; and the distribution of Lionycteris spurrelli was extended 850km to the northeast because of records in fragments of Pernambuco (Lira et al 2009).…”

Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) diversity in an area of mangrove forest in southern Pernambuco, Brazil, with a new species record and notes on ectoparasites (Diptera: Streblidae)

“…The bat species recorded in this study represent just under a fifth of the total number (71) known to occur in Pernambuco (Guerra, 2007;Lira et al, 2009;Silva & Marinho-Filho, 2010). All but one of these species are included in the 37 taxa known to occur in Brazilian mangroves (Lourenço et al, 2010a).…”

Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) diversity in an area of mangrove forest in southern Pernambuco, Brazil, with a new species record and notes on ectoparasites (Diptera: Streblidae)

“…Ins = insectivore; Hem = hematophage; Nec = nectarivore; Fru = frugivore; Car = carnivore, and Psi = pscivore. occur in Pernambuco (Guerra, 2007;Lira et al, 2009;Silva & Marinho-Filho, 2010). All but one of these species are included in the 37 taxa known to occur in Brazilian mangroves (Lourenço et al, 2010a).…”