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

Abstract

Furipterus horrens has its distribution restricted to the Neotropics. In the coastal states of Southeastern Brazil covered by Atlantic Forest, few records are known and the Espírito Santo state has never been included as an area of occurrence of the species. Here, we report the collection and identification, using morphological and molecular data, of a single individual from Floresta Nacional do Rio Preto, Conceição da Barra, which is the first record in Espírito Santo and fills in a gap in the known geographical distribution of this bat in the Atlantic Forest.

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

“…cave) used as roosting spots (Trajano 1984, Trajano & Gnaspini-Netto 1990, Bredt et al 1999, Silva et al 2001, Esbérard et al 2005, Sato et al 2011, Leal et al 2014). In addition, F. horrens have been captured from their roosting spots either by hand or using insect nets in the states of Ceará, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro (Pol et al 2003, Fabián 2008, Duda et al 2012. Similar results were obtained by Simmons and Voss (1998) in Paracou, French Guiana, in which 12 out of 13 specimens of F. horrens recorded were caught with active search and only 1 specimen was shot during flight.…”

“…The external and craniodental measurements of our specimen fall within the range reported in the literature: forearm length = 36.15 mm; ear length = 9.45 mm; tragus length = 3 mm; tail length = 30.35 mm; hind foot length = 6.35 mm; greatest length of the skull = 12.32 mm; condyloincisive length = 11.31 mm; condylocanine length = 10.49 mm; basal length = 10.32 mm; zygomatic breadth = 7.42 mm; mastoid breadth = 6.32 mm; braincase breadth = 6.09 mm; postorbital breadth = 3.28 mm; breadth across upper molars = 4.66 mm; maxillary toothrow length = 4.48 mm; mandibular length = 8.16 mm; mandibular toothrow length = 5.40 mm; and weight = 4 g (Husson 1962, Uieda et al 1980, Pol et al 2003, Reis and Gazarini 2007, Gardner 2008, Sato et al 2011, Novaes et al 2012, Duda et al 2012, Leal et al 2014). …”

“…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.…”

First occurrence of Nyctinomops macrotis (Gray, 1839) (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

“…Unfortunately, the cranium was damaged and measurements of the braincase could not be taken. With this new record, the species richness for bats in Espírito Santo reaches 70 species (Duda et al 2012;Nogueira et al 2012). (Uieda et al 1995, Almeida et al 2011; 15.…”