First record of Cynomops planirostris (Peters, 1865) (Chiroptera, Molossidae) from Maranhão state, Brazil, based on morphological and molecular data

Abstract

<jats:p>Abstract Based on morphological and molecular data, we present the first record of Cynomops planirostris for the State of Maranhão. The specimen was collected in the Inhamum Municipal Environmental Protection Area in Maranhão, Brazil and characterized morphologically as an adult male with scrotal testicles, dorsal pelage reddish chestnut, with ventral pelage slightly lighter in color, forearm length 34.70-34.80mm dental formula i:1/1, c:1/1, pm:1/2, m:3/3 = 26. The sequence of the Cytochrome Oxidase I subunit (COI) molecular marker confirmed the morphological diagnosis of the specimen as C. planirostris with significant similarities. The combined analysis of both morphological and molecular confirmed the occurrence of C. planirostris in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, in the Cerrado biome and records extends the known geographic distribution of the species by 411.30 km.</jats:p>

Occurrence of Sturnira tildae De La Torre, 1959 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in the state of Maranhão, Brazil

“…Much of this diversity is found in the Amazon biome, which is home to most of the species known to occur in Brazil (Bernard et al, 2011). In this scenario, the Amazon of Maranhão, in the eastern extreme of the biome, is one of the Amazonian regions that have a fragmented distribution of bat species records, but which are gradually a number of recent studies have provided important insights into the distribution of chiropterans in this region (Bernard et al, 2011;Oliveira et al, 2011;Olímpio et al, 2016;Lima et al, 2018;Olímpio et al, 2018;Mendes et al, 2020).…”