An update on the distribution of the Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus macrourus (Gervais, 1856) (Mammalia, Chiroptera), with new records from the Brazilian Northeastern

Abstract

We present data on the geographic distribution, morphology, and biology of the Brazilian funnel-eared bat, Natalus (Gervais, 1856), with new records for the Brazilian state of Sergipe, filling a gap of approximately 800 km in the distribution of the species in Brazilian Northeast.

New records, potential distribution, and conservation of the Near Threatened cave batNatalus macrourusin Brazil

“…New records, such as those reported here from Pernambuco, help to reduce these gaps for poorly known, hard to capture species, such as Natalus spp. The previous records closest to Pernambuco were from Ceará, Sergipe and Paraíba states, >235 km from our study area (Taddei & Uieda, 2001; Rocha et al, 2013). Moreover, nearly half of the 81 records of occurrence of N. macrourus in Brazil have been gathered since 2000 (Fig.…”

Atual Estado De Proteção Dos Morcegos Ameaçados De Extinção No Estado Do Rio De Janeiro

“…Neste estudo foi capturada em dois refúgios, sendo um deles a Gruta Pedra Santa (Esbérard et al 1997 e Serrana de Economia Agropecuária, sendo caracterizadas por terem poucos remanescentes florestais e UCs (Costa 2014). Essa espécie pertence à Família Natalidae e ocorre em todos os estados do sudeste do Brasil (Tavares et al 2008), sendo amplamente distribuída, porém localmente rara (Tejedor 2011, Rocha et al 2013, Delgado-Jaramillo et al 2017 e possuindo uma forte associação com ambientes cavernícolas (ICMBio 2018). É uma espécie ameaçada de extinção em nível regional classificada como "em perigo" (Bergallo et al 2000), e em nível nacional como "vulnerável" (ICMBio 2018).…”

Range extension to Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas province and revised distribution of Platyrrhinus chocoensis (Phyllostomidae: Chiroptera) in western Ecuador

“…Considering the ecological similarities across ecosystems (Drechsler et al, 2007), many mammals demonstrate very wide distribution ranges, such as the recent record of Coendu istichillus (Voss & da Silva, 2001) at 900 km away from the known boundaries of its previously recognized distribution area (Gregory et al, 2015). In fact, the scientific literature argues that the majority of range extension records are due to lack of monitoring effort (Rocha et al, 2013;Salas et al, 2013, Novaes et al, 2014. On the other hand, one should also consider that landscape and ecosystem anthropogenic modifications may further contribute to range extension.…”