Bats from the Restinga of Praia das Neves, state of Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil

Abstract

Studies on bat richness and diversity in coastal sand dunes (‘restinga’) are still scarce. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were to estimate bat richness in the restinga of Praia das Neves (state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil) and to analyze species abundance. Ten sampling nights were carried out in May and July 2008, resulting in a sampling effort of 21,847.5 h.m2. We captured 125 individuals from 17 bat species. In this study, Tonatia saurophila was recorded for the first time not only in the state of Espírito Santo but also in the restinga ecosystem. The most abundant species was Artibeus lituratus with 32% of all captures. Surveys in coastal restingas are urgently needed in order to obtain more information about the bats living in this environment.

Rapid surveys as a key tool for the inventory of the bat fauna of Brazil: New records for the coastal restinga

“…: Carvalho et al, 2009;Gomes et al, 2016;Luz et al, 2009 known to occur in the restinga and, despite being expected to occur in fluvial and marine environments, it has been recorded previously at only five locations (Oprea et al, 2009;Luz et al, 2009;Luz et al, 2011). The three new species recorded for the restinga (S. leptura, M. temminckii and E. brasiliensis) are rare in general, even in other Atlantic Forest systems, especially when sampled by mist-netting.…”

“…is one of the highest recorded for restinga habitats to date. The species richness recorded in previous restinga inventories ranges from two species -in the Maricá Environmental Protection Area (Cerqueira et al, 1990) and in the municipality of Quissamã (Pessôa et al, 2010), both in the state of Rio de Janeiro -to 16 species at Praia das Neves in Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo (Luz et al, 2009). Mean species richness in all restinga inventories done in Brazil (n = 18) is 9.05 (SD ± 4.83) species, although sampling effort varies considerably among fieldworks, ranging from 350 h.m² (Pessôa et al, 2010) to 127,500 h.m² (Rosa, 2004).…”

“…The three new species recorded for the restinga (S. leptura, M. temminckii and E. brasiliensis) are rare in general, even in other Atlantic Forest systems, especially when sampled by mist-netting. These characteristics are similar to the other species that have been captured at only one restinga site, i.e., Carollia brevicauda (Schinz 1821) (Pessôa et al, 2010), Diaemus youngi (Jentink 1893) (Luz et al, 2011), Diphylla ecaudata Spix, 1823(Fazzolari-Corrêa, 1995, Lasiurus ega (Gervais 1856) (Marques, 2000), Myotis levis (I. Geoffroy 1824) (Fazzolari-Corrêa, 1995), Tonatia saurophila Koopman & Williams 1951(Luz et al, 2009, Tonatia bidens (Spix 1823) (Martuscelli, 1995), and Nyctinomops laticaudatus (E. Geoffroy 1805) (Pacheco and Freitas, 2003).…”

Morcegos de Paraíso do Tobias, Miracema, Rio de Janeiro

“…Em Paraíso do Tobias foram registrados 638 indivíduos, número esse que está acima da média dos verificados em levantamentos no Sudeste do Brasil (Reis et al 1996, Falcão et al 2003, Barros et al 2006, Moratelli & Peracchi 2007, Nascimento 2007, Modesto et al 2008b, Luz et al 2009), porém abaixo do ideal para amostrar satisfatoriamente os Phyllostomidae no Rio de Janeiro, que é de 1.000 capturas (Bergallo et al 2003). Embora reduzido, o esforço de coleta com redes longe de refúgios neste trabalho (oito noites), resultou em riqueza similar àquela obtida por Dias et al (2008) na Reserva Biológica do Tinguá após 31 noites, com 655 capturas Tabela 1.…”

First record of the smoky bat Furipterus horrens (F. Cuvier, 1828) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

“…Although there have been several bat surveys in the state of Espírito Santo (Luz et al 2009;Vieira et al 2010;Peracchi et al 2011), collecting localities are concentrated in central to southern areas, and until now F. horrens had never been recorded. With this new record, the number of bat species occurring in the state Pimenta et al 2010;Peracchi et al 2011) increases to 68.…”