Upper molar morphology and relationships among higher taxa in bats

Fracasso, Maria Paula Aguiar; Salles, Leandro de Oliveira; Perini, Fernando A.

doi:10.1644/09-mamm-a-415.1

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“…Some of the survey answers revealed a misguided notion that bats have a habit of eating dead animals and carcasses and were, subsequently, linked to being highly infected with microbes. Although bats might have the widest trophic versatility among the vertebrates, feeding on nectar, fruits and flowers, insects, blood, fish and small vertebrates [ 33 ], there is no record of bats feasting on carcasses.…”

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Assessing human-bat interactions around a protected area in northeastern Brazil

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Zeppelini

Lopez

et al. 2015

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundBats are key components to the Neotropical forests. Unfortunately, their bad reputation is a major obstacle in their conservation as it creates fear and hostility towards them. Understanding this reputation acquired by bats and studying interactions between bats and humans has shown fundamental promise when creating strategies to forge a non-antagonistic coexistence between both parts and in the promotion of bat conservation in areas with ever-rising human occupation.MethodsNinety people were surveyed from three villages that were situated around a Biological Reserve in the state of Paraiba; located in Northern Brazil. The survey was completed using semi-structured interviews addressing villager’s knowledge of the biology and ecology of bats, their interactions with bats, potential medicinal uses, and their socioeconomic situation. Additionally, we sampled the bats that reside in or visit these villages.ResultsBats were often considered harmful, dangerous and carriers of disease. Bats were often connected to hematophagia, as well. The respondents believe that impacts such as the deforestation are forcing bats into urban environments. With this research, we were able to register one of the few records of bats in popular medicine in Brazil.ConclusionThe folklore and superstition surrounding bats can form an obstacle that affects their conservation. Environmental education is an important step in order to create a harmonious coexistence between humans and bats and to mitigate the impending conflicts between humanity and nature.

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Assessing human-bat interactions around a protected area in northeastern Brazil

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Zeppelini

Lopez

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“…Para la caracterización morfológica se siguió a Wetterer et al (2000), Velazco (2005), Giannini y Simmons (2007), Fracasso et al (2011) y Amador et al (2015. Para definir la coloración del pelaje se siguió la escala de colores de Smithe (1975) bajo luz natural difusa.…”

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Diferenciación morfológica de Carollia brevicauda y C. perspicillata (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) de Perú y Ecuador

Ruelas

2017

Rev peru biol

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En el género Carollia, Carollia brevicauda y C. perspicillata son las especies más abundantes y ampliamente distribuidas del género en América del Sur, además de tener distribuciones casi complemente sobrepuestas. Debido a que estas especies son morfológicamente similares en algunas localidades son frecuentemente mal identificadas. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar las diferencias morfológicas y morfométricas de C. brevicauda y C. perspicillata. para esto, se empleó un análisis morfológico detallado y diversos métodos estadísticos y multivariados. Se evaluaron 26 variables cráneo-dentales con distribución normal de 375 especímenes adultos entre ambas especies procedentes de poblaciones peruanas y ecuatorianas. Además, para efectos de comparación se incluyeron a 54 especímenes entre Carollia benkeithi, C. manu y Carollia sp. Se encontró que C. brevicauda y C. perspicillata son diferentes en 28 caracteres discretos y significativamente diferenciables en 25 variables morfométricas. Además, los análisis multivariados sugirieron que C. brevicauda, C. perspicillata y C. manu forman un grupo morfológico distinto del grupo de C. benkeithi y Carollia sp. Estos resultados son concordantes con estudios previos y adicionan varios caracteres que diferencian a C. brevicauda de C. perspicillata, los cuales necesitan ser probados en otras regiones.

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“…The metaconule is absent in Antrozous and Lasiurus. Fracasso et al (2011) asserted that the hypocone is absent in all molossids, describing a condition in which the metaconule ranges from small and more conventionally located on the postprotocrista to being large and situated essentially as a hypocone. They described a range of conditions in between these two extremes, noting that when a more conventionally sized and located metaconule is present in molossids, the hypocone is always absent.…”

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Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data

Gregorin

Cirranello

2015

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Molossidae is a large (roughly 100 species) pantropically distributed clade of swift aerially insectivorous bats for which the phylogeny remains relatively unknown and little studied compared with other speciose groups of bats. We investigated phylogenetic relationships among 62 species, representing all extant molossid genera and most of the subgenera, using 102 morphological characters from the skull, dentition, postcrania, external morphology, tongue, and penis, based on direct observation and literature reports. Both parsimony and Bayesian analyses were used in phylogenetic reconstruction. Our analysis supports two main clades of molossids, both of which mingle Old World and New World taxa. One clade is comprised of Mormopterus,Platymops, Sauromys, Neoplatymops, Molossops, Cynomops, Cheiromeles, Molossus, and Promops. The other clade includes Tadarida, Otomops, Nyctinomops, Eumops, Chaerephon, and Mops. The position of Myopterus with respect to these two groups is unclear. As in other recent analyses, we find that several genera do not appear to be monophyletic (e.g. Tadarida, Chaerephon, and Molossops sensu lato). We recommend that the subgenera of Molossops sensu lato and Austronomus be recognized at the generic level. We conclude that much more data are needed to investigate lower level problems (generic monophyly and relationships within genera) and to resolve the higher‐level branching pattern of the family.

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Upper molar morphology and relationships among higher taxa in bats

Cited by 15 publications

References 33 publications

Assessing human-bat interactions around a protected area in northeastern Brazil

Assessing human-bat interactions around a protected area in northeastern Brazil

Diferenciación morfológica de Carollia brevicauda y C. perspicillata (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) de Perú y Ecuador

Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data

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