The Bat Fauna from Southwestern Brazil and Its Affinities with the Fauna of Western Amazon

First record of Myotis riparius Handley, 1960 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

“…The capture of the individual in the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural do Caju, in an area associated with bodies of water, corroborates that reported by other studies, as this species is usually found in humid forested areas, forag-ing in environments close to water sources (e.g. Dias and Peracchi 2007, Wilson 2008, Lourenço et al 2010, Maas et al 2013, Tavares et al 2017. The record of this species in areas of restinga has also been described in southern and southeastern Brazil by Luz et al (2009) and Bôlla et al (2017).…”

Filling gaps in the distribution of the white-winged vampire bat, Diaemus youngii (Phyllostomidae, Desmodontinae): new records for southern Amazonia

“…In Brazil, the species is present in several phytophysiognomies, from Amazonian forests, through open habitats of the Pantanal, Cerrado and Caatinga biomes, to its southern limits in the Atlantic Forest of Paraná state (Brazil). Despite its wide distribution, records of the species are still rare and scattered (Greenhall and Schutt, 1996;Kwon and Gardner, 2008), especially in southern Amazonia, where a single record was known so far (Tavares et al, 2017). We report here the first record of D. youngii for Mato Grosso state, in central-western Brazil, and provide additional records for the states of Rondônia and Tocantins, in northern Brazil, extending the known distribution of the species in the southern Amazon (Figure 1).…”

Establishing baseline biodiversity data prior to hydroelectric dam construction to monitoring impacts to bats in the Brazilian Amazon

“…Within the selected 44 plots (197 sampling nights, 9456 mnh), we captured 2306 bats, belonging to 58 species from six families ( S2 Appendix and [ 48 ] for a complete bat inventory in the region). Species from the family Phyllostomidae represented most of the captures (n = 2229), and approximately 83% of the species recorded (n = 48).…”

“…However, we can predict that large environmental changes will bring deleterious effects to local biodiversity and that proactive management strategies may improve chances of survival for several species, including bats. As management strategies, we suggest the expansion and/or creation of conservation units in the directly affected area of the dam, with special attention to lowlands areas and to resources considered as conservation hotspots for the bats of the Madeira river, such as the riverbed rocky outcrops [ 48 ]. The Mapinguari National Park, with 1,776,914.18 ha, is a conservation unit in the region that may perhaps play a role in the mitigation of the impacts of the dam.…”