Abstract
The first capture of the phyllostomid bat Micronycteris homezi Pirlot, 1867 in Brazil is reported. An adult male was captured in a forest fragment in Alter do Chão, Santarám, Pará State, in May 7th , 1998. A description of the species, previously reported only in Venezuela and French Guiana, is given, as well as the measures of the captured specimen. After this report, the bat fauna of Brazil is composed by 139 species.
Chiroptera; Phyllostomidae; Micronycteris homezi; Amazon forest; bats; biodiversity; Brazil
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
First capture of Micronycteris homezi Pirlot (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Brazil
Enrico Bernard
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Inpa), Manaus, Brasil. Present address: Department of Biology, York University. 4700 Keele St., Toronto ON Canada M3J 1P3. E-mail: ebernard@yorku.ca
ABSTRACT
The first capture of the phyllostomid bat Micronycteris homezi Pirlot, 1867 in Brazil is reported. An adult male was captured in a forest fragment in Alter do Chão, Santarám, Pará State, in May 7th , 1998. A description of the species, previously reported only in Venezuela and French Guiana, is given, as well as the measures of the captured specimen. After this report, the bat fauna of Brazil is composed by 139 species.
Key words: Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Micronycteris homezi, Amazon forest, bats, biodiversity, Brazil
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Field work in Alter do Chão was possible thanks to a CNPq grant (521102-95.2) and an INPA-PPI grant (2-3540), both to Dr. W.E. Magnusson. Ana L.K.M. Albernaz helped with field logistics, and E. Farias helped in field collections. Species identification was possible thanks to agrant from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, with special help from Dr. C.O. Handley.
REFERENCES
Bernard, E. 2001. Species list of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Santarém area, Pará State, Brazil. Revta bras. Zool. 18(2):455-463.
Bernard, E.; A.L.K.M. Albernaz & W.E. Magnusson (in press). Bat species composition in three localities in the Amazon Basin. Studs Neotrop. Fauna Environ.
Marinho-Filho, J. & I. Sazima. 1998. Brazilian bats and Conservation Biology: a first survey, p. 282-294. In: T.H. Kunz & P.A. Racey (Eds). Bat Biology and Conservation. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst. Press, 365p.
Miranda, I.S. 1993. Estruturado estrato arbóreo do cerrado amazônico em Alter do Chão, Pará, Brasil. Revta Brasil. Bot. 16(2):817-823.
Pires, J.M. & G.T. Prance. 1985. The vegetation types of the Brazilian Amazon, p. 109-145. In: G.T. Prance & T.E. Lovejoy (Eds). Key environments: Amazonia. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 442p.
Pirlot, P. 1967. Nouvelle récolte de chiroptères dans l'oueste du Venezuela. Mammalia 31:260-274.
Sanaiotti, T.M & W.E. Magnusson. 1995. Effects of annual fires on the production of fleshy fruits eaten by birds in a Brazilian Amazonian savanna. Jour. Trop. Ecol. 11:53-65.
Simmons, N.B. 1996. A new species of Micronycteris (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Northeastern Brazil, with comments on phylogenetic relationships. Amer. Mus. Novitates 3158:1-34.
Simmons, N.B. & R.S. Voss. 1998. The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: a Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 1 - Bats. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 237:1-219.
Recebido em 18.XI.1999; aceito em 22.V.2001
- Bernard, E. 2001. Species list of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Santarém area, Pará State, Brazil. Revta bras. Zool. 18(2):455-463.
- Bernard, E.; A.L.K.M. Albernaz & W.E. Magnusson (in press). Bat species composition in three localities in the Amazon Basin. Studs Neotrop. Fauna Environ.
- Marinho-Filho, J. & I. Sazima. 1998. Brazilian bats and Conservation Biology: a first survey, p. 282-294. In: T.H. Kunz & P.A. Racey (Eds). Bat Biology and Conservation. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst. Press, 365p.
- Miranda, I.S. 1993. Estruturado estrato arbóreo do cerrado amazônico em Alter do Chão, Pará, Brasil. Revta Brasil. Bot. 16(2):817-823.
- Pires, J.M. & G.T. Prance. 1985. The vegetation types of the Brazilian Amazon, p. 109-145. In: G.T. Prance & T.E. Lovejoy (Eds). Key environments: Amazonia. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 442p.
- Pirlot, P. 1967. Nouvelle récolte de chiroptères dans l'oueste du Venezuela. Mammalia 31:260-274.
- Sanaiotti, T.M & W.E. Magnusson. 1995. Effects of annual fires on the production of fleshy fruits eaten by birds in a Brazilian Amazonian savanna. Jour. Trop. Ecol. 11:53-65.
- Simmons, N.B. 1996. A new species of Micronycteris (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Northeastern Brazil, with comments on phylogenetic relationships. Amer. Mus. Novitates 3158:1-34.
- Simmons, N.B. & R.S. Voss. 1998. The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: a Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 1 - Bats. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 237:1-219.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
04 May 2009 -
Date of issue
June 2001
History
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Accepted
22 May 2001 -
Received
18 Nov 1999
