The bat fauna (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Carlos Botelho State Park, Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil, including new distribution records for the state of São Paulo
Author
Cláudio, Vinícius C.
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. 13565 - 905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil. & Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo. 04301 - 905 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. & Instituto de Biologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal do
Author
Barbosa, Gedimar P.
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. 13565 - 905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil. & Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo. 04301 - 905 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Author
Rocha, Vlamir J.
Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. 13600 - 970 Araras, SP, Brazil.
Author
Rassy, Ricardo Moratelli Fabrício B.
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Zoologia
2020
e 36514
2020-09-17
37
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.37.e36514
journal article
10.3897/zoologia.37.e36514
1984-4689
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Desmodus rotundus
(É. Geoffroy, 1810)
Fig. 7
Taxonomy.
Desmodus rotundus
is the only species in
Desmodus
Wied-Newied, 1826
.
Desmodontinae
also includes other two species,
Diaemus youngii
(Jentink, 1893)
and
Diphylla ecaudata
Spix, 1823
(
Kwon and Gardner 2008
), all occurring in
Brazil
.
Desmodus rotundus
can be distinguished from the other two by the presence of an elongated thumb with two rounded basal pads (
D. youngii
also presents an elongated thumb, but only one pad, while
D. ecaudata
presents a small thumb without pads).
Desmodus rotundus
also differs from
D. youngii
by the presence of a tiny calcar, which is absent in
D. youngii
(
Kwon and Gardner 2008
,
López-Baucells et al. 2016
). Specimens from PECB (ZSP 006, 031; see
Table 3
for measurements) have dark brown dorsal fur, with whitish basis and dark brown tips, ventral fur bicolored, with a gray basis and whitish/silver tips, elongated thumb with two basal pads.
Distribution. In
Brazil
the species is recorded in all biomes and states (
Tavares et al. 2008
,
Reis et al. 2017
). In
São Paulo
, the species is widely distributed, occurring in all the vegetational formations, and also in urban areas (
Garbino 2016
).
Field observations. We captured 18 individuals (
5 males
and
13 females
) of
D. rotundus
, of which 16 were taken in February, March, April, June, July, August and October in ground-level mist-nets in sampling sites M2, M14, M16, M18, M19, M23, M24, M25, M29, M34, M36 and M39, in different elevations and plant physiognomies; and two on June in a mist-net elevated
8 m
in sampling site M33 (Appendix 1). Two lactating females were captured in June.