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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Artibeus lituratus
(Olfers, 1818)
Fig. 19
Taxonomy. The distinction between
A. lituratus
and
A. fimbriatus
is discussed above.
A. lituratus
can be externally distinguished from
A. planirostris
and
A. obscurus
by its larger size; well-marked facial stripes (poorly marked to absent on the other two); lack of ventral frosting (present on the other two species); base of the noseleaf attached to the upper lip, while is always separated in
A. planirostris
and in some
A. obscurus
; and dorsal side of the uropatagium densely furred, which is almost naked in
A. planirostris
and
A. obscurus
.
Artibeus lituratus
can also be distinguished from
A. planirostris
by the presence of dense fur on the dorsal side of the forearm (almost naked in
A. planirostris
). Additionally,
A. lituratus
has short dorsal fur (
6–8 mm
), which is longer in
A. obscurus
(
8–10 mm
–
Koepcke and Kraft 1984
,
Marques-Aguiar 1994
,
2008
,
Haynes and Lee Jr 2004
,
Hollis 2005
,
Zortéa 2007
,
Dias and Peracchi 2008
,
Araújo and Langguth 2010
). The PECB specimens (ZSP 015, 056; see
Table 6
for measurements) identified as
A. lituratus
have bicolored dorsal fur, with grayish brown basal band and chocolate brown tips; ventral fur weakly bicolored with pale brown basis and grayish tips, frosting absent. Uropatagium and forearm are densely furred, the facial stripes are bright and well markedwell-marked, the edge of ears and tragus are yellowish, the dorsal fur ranges from
7.7 to 8.9 mm
in lenghtlength and the noseleaf base is attached to the upper lip.
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 also widely distributed, occurring in all the vegetational formations (
Garbino 2016
).
Field observations. We captured
10 specimens
, seven of which (
4 males
and
3 females
) were taken in ground-level mist-nets in sampling sites M6, M18, M19, M21, M22 and M32; and three (
1 male
and
2 females
) in mist-nets elevated
8 m
in sampling sites M15, M20 and M24 (Appendix 1). Captures occurred in November, January, February, March, May and September. We netted lactating females in January, March and November; and juveniles in September.