Bat assemblage in a karstic area from northern Brazil: seven new occurrences for Tocantins state, including the first record of Glyphonycteris sylvestris Thomas, 1896 for the Cerrado

Abstract

The Cerrado, the second largest morphoclimatic area of South America, has many limestone outcrops with caves. However, studies of the bat fauna in karstic environments in the Cerrado are scarce. We present an inventory of bats in a karstic Cerrado area in the Tocantins state. We used mist-nets to sample caves, savannas, deciduous forests, and periurban environments. We captured 516 bats of 30 species, revealing that the study area is one of richest for bat species in the Brazilian Cerrado. Seven new occurrences of bat species were recorded for the Tocantins state, and we report the first record of G. sylvestris from the Cerrado biome. We recorded 21 species simultaneously at one cave, Gruta dos Moura, which is the highest species richness of bats for a single cave in the Neotropics.

Expansion of the southern limit of Vampyrodes caraccioli Thomas, 1889 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) and first record for Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil

“…(Passos et al 2010), which differs from other regions of Brazil, in which Phyllostomidae represents more than 50% of the total registered species (e.g. Esbérard 2003, Bernard and Fenton 2007, Alho et al 2011, Carvalho et al 2013, Felix et al 2016. The typical temperate climate in the southern region of Brazil can limit the occurrence of tropical bat species, specifically in the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest (Fabián et al 1999), where at least 24 species of Phyllostomidae have their southern limits of distribution (e.g.…”

The bat fauna (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Carlos Botelho State Park, Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil, including new distribution records for the state of São Paulo

“…Distribution. In Brazil the species is recorded in the Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, occurring in the states of Amazonas, Amapá, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, São Paulo, and Tocantins (Felix et al 2016, Reis et al 2017. In São Paulo, the species is recorded in only two localities, in south and southeastern regions (Garbino 2016).…”

First record of the Vulnerable bat Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) (Chiroptera: Furipteridae) in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil

“…Although Furipterus horrens has been recorded in the hollows of fallen trees (Voss and Emmons 1996) and buildings (Fabián 2008, Duda et al 2012), this species is more frequently found in caves as showed elsewhere (Uieda et al 1980, Trajano 1984, Trajano and GnaspiniNetto 1990, Bredt et al 1999, Portfors et al 2000, Silva et al 2001, Pol et al 2003, Esberárd et al 2005, Tavares et al 2010, Sato et al 2011, Novaes et al 2012, Leal et al 2014, Felix et al 2016. Furthermore, most of the records obtained outside caves were based on small colonies of 1-6 specimens while records obtained in caves were based on large colonies ranging from 10-250 specimens (Uieda et al 1980, Bredt et al 1999, Silva et al 2001, Novaes et al 2012.…”