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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.37.e36514
journal article
10.3897/zoologia.37.e36514
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Myotis ruber
(É. Geoffroy, 1806)
Fig. 41
Taxonomy.
Myotis ruber
can be distinguished from their congeners by the general fur coloration, which is bright cinnamon red on the dorsum and yellowish on venter, and higher sagittal and lambdoidal crests.
Myotis simus
and
M. riparius
can present similar coloration, but the attachment of wing membranes on feet and the fur length readily distinguish
M. ruber
from
M. simus
; and the larger forearm length and higher sagittal crests distinguish
M. ruber
from
M. riparius
(
Thomas 1902
, López-González et al. 2001,
Moratelli et al. 2011b
). Some specimens of
M. ruber
have reddish nails. Specimens from PECB (ZSP 047, 054; see
Table 10
for measurements) have bicolored dorsal fur, with blackish brown basis and reddish tips, averaging
6 mm
between shoulders. The ventral fur is lighter than the dorsal and is bicolored, with dark brown basis and reddish tips. The fringe of hairs on the edge of the uropatagium is absent, the wing membrane is attached to the feet, face is reddish and ears dark brown, and the feet nails are reddish.
Distribution. In
Brazil
, the species is recorded in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, on the states of
Bahia
,
Pernambuco
,
Minas Gerais
,
Paraná
,
Rio Grande do Sul
,
Santa Catarina
,
São Paulo
,
Rio de Janeiro
, and
Espírito Santo
(
Tavares et al. 2008
,
Reis et al. 2017
). In
São Paulo state
, there are records on the central and east regions, mostly on the coastal Atlantic Forest (
Garbino 2016
).
Field observations. We captured
two adult
males, both in secondary dense forest. One was taken in a ground-level mist-net set along a river in sampling site M29, and another was taken in a building roof, in sampling site S2 (Appendix 1), where we also captured 17
Molossus molossus
, 13
Histiotus velatus
and two
Myotis albescens
. Captures occurred in May and August.