Occurrence of Phyllostomus elongatus (Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1810) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in the Cerrado of Tocantins and a compilation of its Brazilian distribution

Abstract

The lesser spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus elongatus, is endemic of South America and in Brazil this species is recorded in Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal. Here, we present a new record for P. elongatus in the savanna of central Brazil, known as the Cerrado. In January 2012, five individuals of P. elongatus were captured and recorded in a limestone cave in the Aurora do Tocantins county, Tocantins State. Phyllostomus elongatus has already been registered in 32 locations and 14 Brazilian states, and their records appear to be associated with humid habitats and forested areas.

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

“…This study recorded seven new occurrences of species for Tocantins state, increasing the state's species diversity to 60 Reis et al 2013;Novaes et al 2014;Lapenta and Bueno 2015). Other than G. sylvestris, occurrences of six widely distributed species in the Brazilian Cerrado were expected in Tocantins and required only formalization with voucher deposits.…”

“…Previously in the same locality, Furipterus horrens (F. Cuvier, 1828) and Phyllostomus elongatus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) were already reported as first occurrences for Tocatins state (Novaes et al , 2014.…”

Species richness, occurrence and rarity of bats in Brazilian caves

“…Overall, caves in the Cerrado had the highest species richness. Although poorly sampled, the Cerrado—which covers most of central Brazil—has high bat species richness (Aguiar et al., 2016; Lima et al., 2016; Maas et al., 2018) and its caves have recently received more attention, having confirmed its high bat richness (Barros et al., 2020, 2021; Novaes et al., 2012, 2014). In the Cerrado of southeastern Tocantins state, for example, inventories in 19 caves resulted in seven families and 31 bat species recorded, with endangered bat species in 12 caves, eight caves with high diversity indices, seven caves with high species richness, and one, the Gruta dos Moura cave, with an impressive number of 26 bat species, a world record (Barros et al., 2021).…”

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.…”