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VOLUME 12 - NUMBER 2
December 2006
NEOTROPICAL
CHIROPTERA NEOTROPICAL
Vol. 12
December/2006
No 2
ARTICLES
M. Oprea, D. Brito, M.A.R. Mello & L.M.S. Aguiar. Ten years of Chiroptera Neotropical: accomplishments and
future directions .................................................................................................................................... 262-267
D. Pinto & H. Ortncio Filho. Dieta de quatro espcies de filostomdeos frugvoros (Chiroptera, Mammalia) do
Parque Municipal do Cinturo Verde de Cianorte, Paran, Brasil ...................................................... 274-279
M. Zorta & L.A.G. Tomaz. Dois novos registros de morcegos (Mammalia, Chiroptera) para o Cerrado do
Brasil Central ........................................................................................................................................ 280-285
SHORT
COMMUNICATION
M.R. Nogueira, L.R. Monteiro & A.L. Peracchi. New evidence of bat predation by the woolly false vampire bat
Chrotopterus auritus ............................................................................................................................ 286-288
L.M. Costa, A.F.D. Prata, D. Moraes, C.F.V. Conde, T. Jordo-Nogueira & C.E.L. Esbrard. Deslocamento de
Artibeus fimbriatus sobre o mar ........................................................................................................... 289-290
M. Baptista, A.O. Monteiro, N.R.P. Almosny & H.G. Bergallo. Tcnica para puno venosa em morcegos
(Mammalia, Chiroptera) ....................................................................................................................... 291-292
Cover: Platyrrhinus lineatus - Photo by Marco A.R. Mello - Casa dos Morcegos
(http://www.casadosmorcegos.org/indexpt.htm)
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Monik Oprea1*, Daniel Brito2, Marco A.R. Mello3 & Ludmila M.S. Aguiar4
1. Laboratrio de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Cincias Biolgicas, Universidade Federal do Esprito
Santo (UFES), Brazil.
2. Conservation International (CI), Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS), USA.
3. Departamento de Botnica, Universidade Federal de So Carlos, Brazil.
4. EMBRAPA Cerrados. BR 020 km 18 Cx. P. 08223 Planaltina, DF, Brazil 73310-970
*Corresponding author. Present address: SHIS, QL 18, Conjunto 05, Casa 10, Braslia, DF 71650-055,
Brasil. Email: monik.bats@gmail.com
Abstract. Despite their great ecological and economical importance, there are only few specialized scientific
publications dedicated to bats. Chiroptera Neotropical is the only one dedicated to the Neotropical bat fauna.
The objective of the present study is to provide a balance of the contribution of Chiroptera Neotropical to bat
research over the last 10 years, by analyzing its accomplishments and suggesting ways for its improvement. We
surveyed all 52 contributions published in Chiroptera Neotropical from 1995 to 2005. The great majority of
articles were written by authors based in South American institutions and most of them in Brazil. Most studies
were species inventories, and most of the fieldwork researches were carried out in the Atlantic Forest. Chiroptera
Neotropical is already an important medium for disseminating scientific knowledge on Neotropical bats. However,
it is time for the journal to grow and to increase its importance in the international scientific community.
INTRODUCTION
The Neotropical region exhibits one of the highest local
species richness observed in bat communities (Findley
1993).Bats are important components of tropical
communities, influencing their structure and dynamics
(Findley 1993). Thus, bats are valuable models for
studying, understanding and managing tropical forests.
Despite the great ecological and economical
importance of bats, only a few scientific publications
are specialized in this taxon. One of those few
publications is Chiroptera Neotropical. It started in
1995 as an IUCN newsletter, and is distributed
worldwide for more than 37 countries. Our objective
here is to provide an overview of the contribution of
Chiroptera Neotropical to the study of bats in this
region over the last 10 years, analyzing its
accomplishments and suggesting ways for its
improvement, in order to consolidate it as a leading
international journal and as a forum for discussion
about Neotropical bats.
METHODS
We surveyed every article and short communication
published in Chiroptera Neotropical from its start date
until now (1995-2005, volumes 1-11). In order to
RESULTS
From 1995 to 2005, 52 articles and short
communications were published in Chiroptera
Neotropical (Figure 1) (Appendix 1), with an average
number of 4.7 contributions a year. From 1995 to 1999
Chiroptera Neotropical published two volumes a
year, but from 2000 onwards only one. Even though it
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DISCUSSION
Chiroptera Neotropical has been an
important tool for disseminating scientific knowledge
on bats, especially local species inventories. This kind
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Figure 3. Number of articles and/or short communications published between 1995 and 2005 in
Chiroptera Neotropical, representing research conducted in different countries of the region.
Figure 4. Number of articles and/or short communications published between 1995 and
2005 in Chiroptera Neotropical, representing different research areas
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REFERENCES
Amori G. & S. Gippoliti. 2000. What do mammalogists
want to save? Ten years of mammalian conservation
biology. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 785-793.
Fenton M.B., L. Acharya, D. Audet, M.B.C. Hickey,
C. Merriman, M.K. Obrist, & D.M. Syme. 1992.
Phyllostomid bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) as
indicators of habitat disruption in the Neotropics.
Biotropica 24: 440-446.
Figure 5. Number of articles and/or short communications published between 1995 and 2005 in Chiroptera
Neotropical, representing bat research conducted within different Neotropical ecoregions.
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Rodrigues, F.H.G. , M.L. Reis & V.S. Braz. 2004. Food habits
of the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus, in Atlantic
Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Chiroptera Neotropical
10(1-2): 180-182.
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INTRODUCTION
The Cuban archipelago has the most diverse
chiropteran fauna in the Antilles. This fauna comprises
35 species, including 27 living species, 6 extinct
species, and 2 extirpated species. One of the living
species (Natalus major) was recently discovered in
western Cuba (Tejedor et al. 2004), and two of the
extinct species are new records, one of them comprising
a new genus (Surez & Daz-Franco 2003, Mancina &
Garca-Rivera 2005). Living populations of the
extirpated species are actually found in Mexico, Central
and South America.
The study of the causes of such Cuban richness of bats
usually has taken place into a wider context (e. g.,
Morgan 2001), with no analysis of the internal events
that occurred in Isla the Cuba and Isla the Pinos, the
two principal islands of the archipelago. Being Cuba
the biggest archipelago of the Antilles, and having a
geological history closely related to that of Bahamas,
the rest of the Greater Antilles, and (Dvalos 2004)
Jamaica, it is important to understand when and where
Cuban bats evolved, what was its origin, what is its
present distribution and how was modelled the Cuban
present-day bat fauna through the Cenozoic.
The present work is an approach to these questions on
the basis of historical biogeography, taking in account
new and valuable explanations from recent studies.
Zoogeographical, Taxonomical and Ecological
Contexts
The Cuban archipelago is located in the Antillean
Subregion (in the sense of Genoways et al. 1998) within
the Neotropic. It is formed by Isla de Cuba (which is
the major island of all the Antilles), Isla de Pinos, and
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Table 1. Distribution, endemism, guild structure, and roost behaviour of living (X) and extinct (O) bats in the Cuban
archipelago. Information about other islands of the Antillean Subregion, and about continent is provided for
comparison. Families and subfamilies appear in a systematic order, and species appeared in alphabetical order. Guilds
of extinct species are inferred from living species of the genus or from the superior taxonomic category. (**): living
taxon endemic of (or fossil records of the taxon only found in) the Cuban archipelago, (*): endemic of the Antillean
Subregion. CUB: Cuban archipelago, JAM: Jamaica, ESP: Hispaniola, PR: Puerto Rico, MEX: Mexico. Roost
behaviour: SC: specialized cave-dweller, FC: facultative cave-dweller, Three-dweller, G: generalist. Guild structure: AIUS: aerial insectivore in uncluttered space, AI-BS: aerial insectivore in background-cluttered space, AI-HS: aerial
insectivore in highly cluttered space, GI-HS: gleaning insectivore in highly cluttered space, P-BS: piscivore in
background-cluttered space, F-HS: frugivore in highly cluttered space, PN-HS: polinivore (-nectarivore) in highly
cluttered space, S-HS: sanguivore in highly cluttered space. The symbol in the column of the Cuban archipelago
(CUB) means that the species is shared by both Isla de Cuba and Isla the Pinos, and the symbol means that the species
was once shared by the two islands but that has been extirpated from Isla the Pinos.
Taxon
Noctilionidae
Noctilio leporinus
Mormoopidae
Mormoops blainvillii *
M. magna **
M. megalophylla
Pteronotus macleayi *
P. parnelli
P. pristinus **
P. quadridens *
Phyllostomidae
Phyllostominae
Macrotus waterhousei
Brachyphyllinae *
Brachyphylla nana *
Erophylla sezekorni *
Phyllonycteris poeyi *
Glossophaginae
Monophyllus redmani *
Stenodermatinae
Artibeus anthonyi **
A. jamaicensis
Cubanycteris silvai **
Phyllops falcatum *
P. silvai **
P. vetus **
Desmodontinae
Desmodus rotundus
Natalidae
Chilonatalus micropus *
Natalus major *
Nyctiellus lepidus *
Vespertilionidae
Antrozous pallidus
Eptesicus fuscus
Lasiurus borealis
L. intermedius
Nycticeius humeralis
Molossidae
Eumops glaucinus
E. perotis
Molossus molossus
Mormopterus minutus **
Nyctinomops laticaudatus
N. macrotis
Tadarida brasiliensis
Greater Antilles
Bahamas LesserAntilles
CUB JAM ESP PR
SA
Continent
CA MEX NA
Roost Guild
P-BS
X
O
O
X
X
O
X
X
X
O
O
O
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
AI-BS
AI-BS
AI-BS
AI-BS
AI-HS
AI-BS
AI-BS
G GI-HS
X
X
X
O
X
X
X
SC PN-HS
SC PN-HS
SC PN-HS
SC PN-HS
O
X
O
X
O
O
G
G
T
T
T
T
F-HS
F-HS
F-HS
F-HS
F-HS
F-HS
S-HS
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
SC AI-BS
SC AI-BS
SC AI-BS
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
G
G
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T
G
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AI-BS
AI-US
AI-US
AI-BS
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
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X
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AI-US
AI-US
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AI-US
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Figure 1. Caribbean Sea with Great Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola [Haiti and Dominican Republic] and Puerto
Rico, The Bahamas, Lesser Antilles, and the continents (North America, Central America and South America)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This paper is dedicated to Professor Gilberto Silva
Taboada for all his effort during a half century devoted
to the study of Cuban bats. I express also my gratitude
to Dr. Dania Prieto, from the Faculty of Biology,
University of Havana, for encourage this research and
for her valuable comments on early versions of the
manuscript. I am also grateful to M.Sc. Lainet Garca
Rivero, for her useful comments on the manuscript.
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evolution of the Caribbean seaway: Jurassic to
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Curso de Graduao em Cincias Biolgicas, Universidade Paranaense, Campus Cianorte, Av. Brasil, 1123
CEP 87200-000 Cianorte - Paran, Brasil e E-mail: danicnt@hotmail.com
2
Instituto de Cincias Biolgicas, Mdicas e da Sade, Universidade Paranaense, Campus Cianorte, Av.
Brasil, 1123, Centro, Cianorte - Paran, Brasil, CEP 87200-000
Abstract. This study aimed at analyzing the diet of four species of frugivorous bats (Artibeus lituratus, A.
fimbriatus, Sturnira lilium, Carollia perspicillata) captured in Cinturo Verde Municipal Park, city of Cianorte,
state of Paran, considering possible variations in the use of fruits along the seasons of the year. Between
October, 2004 and September, 2005, eighty-five samples of feces were obtained which revealed that A. lituratus
and A. fimbriatus consumed, preferentially, fruits from Cecropia pachystachya, C. glaziouii, Ficus enormis, F.
insipida and F. organensis. Sturnira lilium consumed, essentially, fruits from Solanum diflorum and S.
americanum, whereas C. perspicillata fed, mainly, on Piper glabratum and P. hispidum fruits. As for the seasons
of the year, there were diet changes, probably because of the fruits ripening period with the climatic seasonality
apparently influencing the availability and use of feeding resources.
Key Words: Phyllostomidae, frugivory, semi-deciduous forest, Northwest of the state of Paran.
INTRODUO
Os morcegos apresentam grande diversidade alimentar,
sendo utilizados como componentes da dieta: insetos
e outros artrpodes, flores, frutos, folhas, sementes,
plen, nctar, pequenos vertebrados e sangue (Peracchi
et al. 2006). Na regio Neotropical, a famlia
Phyllostomidae representada, em sua maioria, por
morcegos herbvoros (Kunz 1982; Nowak 1994), os
quais apresentam diferentes formas de interao com
as plantas, como a predao de sementes, fato que
ocasiona a morte do embrio, o parasitismo, pelo
consumo de folhas, e o mutualismo, situao
relacionada aos processos de polinizao e de disperso
das sementes, sendo que, no ltimo caso, ambas as
espcies podem ser beneficiadas, pois enquanto os
morcegos se alimentam do nctar ou dos frutos das
plantas, as mesmas so polinizadas ou tm suas
sementes dispersas (Mello 2002).
Segundo Garcia et al. (2000), o consumo de frutos e a
conseqente disperso de sementes pelas fezes so
fundamentais para o sucesso reprodutivo de vrias
espcies de plantas, bem como da manuteno de
florestas e recuperao de reas degradadas. Sipinski
& Reis (1995) ressaltam que cerca de, 25% das rvores
de uma floresta podem ser dispersas por esses animais.
As espcies vegetais consumidas pelos quirpteros
podem influenciar na estrutura da vegetao e
contribuir para o estabelecimento de espcies pioneiras
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MATERIAL E MTODOS
Com aproximadamente 312 ha, o Parque
Municipal do Cinturo Verde de Cianorte
localiza-se entre as coordenadas 2340S,
5238W e 530 metros de altitude, e representa,
na regio de Cianorte, um dos ltimos
remanescentes da vegetao tpica de Floresta
Estacional Semidecidual Submontana, com
influncia do Cerrado, apresentando aspecto
de uma floresta madura alterada e, nas reas
limites do parque, encontram-se locais bastante
degradados.
Dentre as espcies vegetais presentes no
parque, encontram-se as seguintes famlias:
Figura 1. Localizao do Parque Municipal do Cinturo Verde
Apocynaceae (Apidosperma polyneuron - de Cianorte - Paran e pontos de coleta de dados.
peroba-rosa e A. ramiflorum - perobaamarela), Meliaceae (Cedrella sp. - cedro e
(Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro) e
Nectandra sp. - canela), Euphorbiaceae (Actinostemon depositados no Laboratrio de Zoologia da
concolor - laranjeira do mato), Gramineae (Bambusa Universidade Paranaense, campus de Cianorte. Os
guadua - bambu), Bignoniaceae (Tabebuia sp. - Ip e demais morcegos capturados foram libertados aps a
Machaerium sp. - jacarand), Piperaceae (Piper sp. - coleta de dados.
pimenteiras), Fabaceae (Hymenae sp. - jatob),
Phytolaccaceae (Galesia sp. - pau-dalho), Moraceae O material fecal foi coletado no momento da captura,
(Ficus sp. - figueira), Palmaceae (Acromia sp. - ou em sacos de pano, onde os animais foram mantidos.
macaba), Solanaceae (Solanum sp. - jurubeba) entre Sementes aderidas aos plos dos morcegos tambm
outras (Cioffi et al. 1995). Segundo o mesmo autor, o foram coletadas. No laboratrio as fezes foram
clima predominante classificado como subtropical desmanchadas com gua em placas de Petri e as
mido mesotrmico, com veres quentes, geadas pouco sementes encontradas foram observadas em
freqentes, com tendncias de concentrao de chuvas microscpio estereoscpico, sendo identificadas ao
nos meses de vero. As coletas de morcegos foram nvel de espcie, atravs da comparao com material
realizadas nos seguintes pontos: Trilha das Perobas, previamente coletado na rea de estudo durante o
Trilha do Fantasminha I, Trilha do Fantasminha II e perodo de realizao da pesquisa, haja vista a
em uma propriedade rural (Chcara Rose) (Figura 1). inexistncia de trabalhos anteriores.
As coletas foram realizadas mensalmente, durante
quatro noites, de outubro de 2004 a setembro de 2005.
Para a captura dos morcegos, foram utilizadas quatro
redes-de-neblina (14 m x 2,5 m), distribudas em
diferentes pontos da rea, como clareiras dentro da
mata, trilhas e cursos dgua e foram revistadas a cada
15 minutos. O perodo de amostragem baseou-se nos
estudos realizados por Laval (1970), iniciando-se aps
o crepsculo vespertino e tendo duraes dirias de
quatro horas, totalizando, ao longo do estudo, um
esforo de captura total de 26.880 m2.h, seguindo
critrios de Straube & Bianconi (2002).
Para a identificao dos morcegos, um casal de cada
espcie foi morto com dose letal de tiopental sdico,
fixado em frasco contendo formol 10% e conservado
em lcool 70%. Posteriormente, os espcimes foram
identificados com o auxlio de microscpio
estereoscpico, conforme Vieira (1942), Husson
(1962), Vizoto & Taddei (1973) e Jones & Carter
(1976), confirmados por Isaac Passos Lima
RESULTADOS
Ao final do estudo foram capturados 575 filostomdeos
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Tabela 1. Itens alimentares da dieta de quatro espcies de morcegos do Parque Municipal do Cinturo Verde de
Cianorte - Paran, sendo: N= nmero de ocorrncias de cada item e PO = porcentagem de ocorrncia (%)
Plantas
(Famlias/Espcies)
Cecropiaceae
Artibeus lituratus
N
PO
Artibeus fimbriatus
N
PO
Sturnira lilium
N
PO
Carollia perspicillata
N
PO
07
10
17,1
24,4
05
01
55,6
11,1
01
-
6,2
-
02
4,9
09
03
21,9
7,3
03
-
33,3
-
01
6,2
02
-
10,5
-
05
12,2
02
12,5
12
63,2
02
10,5
4,9
-
07
05
43,8
31,3
01
-
5,3
-
02
01
41
4,9
2,4
100
09
100
16
100
02
19
10,5
100
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Tabela 2. Variao sazonal da dieta de quatro espcies de morcegos do Parque Municipal do Cinturo Verde de
Cianorte - Paran, sendo: N= nmero de ocorrncias e PO= freqncia de ocorrncia (%).
Espcie
A. lituratus
A. fimbriatus
S. lilium
C. perspicillata
Estaes do ano
Primavera
Vero
Outono
Inverno
Primavera
Vero
Outono
Inverno
Primavera
Vero
Outono
Inverno
Primavera
Vero
Outono
Inverno
N
07
15
10
09
02
03
02
02
05
04
03
04
09
03
03
04
PO
17,1
36,6
24,4
21,9
22,2
33,4
22,2
22,2
31,3
25,0
18,7
25,0
47,4
15,8
15,8
21,0
Valores de p
p < 0,05*
p > 0,05
p < 0,05*
p < 0,05*
* Teste de qui-quadrado
Tabela 3. Itens componentes da dieta de quatro espcies de morcegos do Parque Municipal do Cinturo Verde de
Cianorte - Paran, sendo: N= nmero de ocorrncias e PO= freqncia de ocorrncia (%).
Espcie
C. perspicillata
A. lituratus
A. fimbriatus
S. lilium
Item alimentar
Ficus insipida Willd
Piper glabratum Kenth
Piper hispidum Sw.
Solanum diflorum Vell
Restos de insetos
Cecropia glaziouii Sneth
Cecropia pachystachya Trec.
Ficus enormis Mart. Ex Miq.
Ficus insipida Willd
Ficus organensis Miq.
Piper glabratum Kenth
Solanum diflorum Vell
Polpa sem sementes
Restos de insetos
Cecropia glaziouii Sneth
Cecropia pachystachya Trec.
Ficus insipida Willd
Cecropia glaziouii Sneth
Ficus organensis Miq.
Piper glabratum Kenth
Solanum diflorum Vell
Solanum americanum Mill
N
02
12
02
01
02
07
10
02
09
03
05
02
02
01
05
01
03
01
01
02
07
05
PO
10,5
63,2
10,5
5,3
10,5
17,1
24,4
4,9
22,0
7,3
12,2
4,9
4,8
2,4
55,6
11,1
33,3
6,2
6,2
12,5
43,8
31,3
Valores de p
p < 0,05*
p < 0,05*
p < 0,05*
p < 0,05*
* Teste de qui-quadrado
DISCUSSO
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AGRADECIMENTOS
Agradecemos Universidade Paranaense, pelo
incentivo e apoio financeiro; a Llian Sato, Kelly Mari
Ohi, Gustavo Barizon Maranho, Slvia Regina Ferreira,
Sandra Mara Milani Nishimura, merson Jamber,
Marcelo Aparecido Marques, Regiane Anderson e
Daniela Aparecida Testa, pela participao e auxlio
nas coletas de campo; ao Ms. Isaac Passos de Lima,
pela confirmao das espcies de morcegos; a Profa.
Dra . Ana Odete Santos Vieira e Profa. Dra. Cssia
Mnica Sakuragui pela identificao das exsicatas e;
aos professores Ms. Patrcia da Costa Zonetti, Ms.
Gledson Vigiano Bianconi, Ms. Flvio Brando Silva
e Esp. Marcos Magalhes pelas sugestes no
manuscrito.
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1. Universidade Federal de Gois, Campus Jata - Br 364 km 192, Jata Gois 75801-615. e-mail:
mzortea@uol.com.br
2. Programa de Ps-Graduao em Ecologia e Evoluo - Universidade Federal de Gois -ICB I - Campus
Samambaia, Goinia Gois 74001-970
Abstract. New records of Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from Cerrado for the Central Brazil. Herein we
report two new occurrences of phyllostomids bats (Mesophylla macconnelli and Artibeus concolor) in the
savanna habit (cerrado) in west-central Brazil. Mesophylla macconnelli was collected in the protected area of a
private natural heritage reserve (Reserva Particular do Patrimnio Natural Pousada das Araras), in Serranpolis
municipality, Gois state. Artibeus concolor was trapped near Serra da Mesa reservoir, in Niquelndia
municipality, Gois state. These records enlarge considerably the south distribution of the two species.
Keywords: Bats; diversity; geographical range; savanna.
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Artibeus concolor
Fmea
Macho
Externas
Peso
Antebrao
Tbia
9,1
31,8
11,3
47,0
18,8
3 Metacarpo
1 falange 3 dedo
2 falange 3 dedo
3 falange 3 dedo
32,3
12,5
16,5
9,2
47,2
16,4
25,4
13,8
4 Metacarpo
1 falange 3 dedo
2 falange 3 dedo
5 Metacarpo
32,4
11
11,6
32,9
46,0
14,2
17,2
46,5
1 falange 3 dedo
2 falange 3 dedo
Craniais
Comprimento total
9,5
9,8
12,3
12,9
18,6
21,9
Comprimento basal
Largura posorbitria
Largura da caixa craniana
Largura mastidea
17,3
4,8
8,3
9,6
21,3
5,5
10,0
11,3
Largura zigomtica
Largura externa molares
Comprimento da mandbula
Comp. srie de dentes superiores
7,5
11,8
6,2
13,3
9,4
13,5
7,3
7,0
5,4
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Figura 2. Mapa com registros de Artibeus concolor no Cerrado Brasileiro: Alter do Cho (Bernard &
Fenton 2002), Chapada do Araripe (Willig, 1983) e o novo registro do Cerrado de Serra da Mesa em
Niquelndia, Gois. Em destaque as siglas dos estados com registro de ocorrncia da espcie.
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AGRADECIMENTOS
A Anglo American pelo apoio logstico e financeiro de
parte deste estudo. A Capes pela bolsa de estudo
concedido a L.A.G. Tomaz. Fabiano R. Melo pela
confeco dos mapas. A E. Bernard e R. Gregorin pela
reviso do manuscrito.
REFERNCIAS
Aguiar, L.M.S. & M. Zorta. 2006. A composio de
espcies de morcegos nas reas do bioma Cerrado.
In: S.M. Pacheco; R.V. Marques & C.E.L. Esbrard
(Eds.). Morcegos do Brasil: Biologia, Sistemtica,
Ecologia e Conservao. USEB Unio SulAmericana de Estudos da Biodiversidade, Pelotas
(no prelo).
Bernard, E. 2001. Vertical stratification of bat
communities in primary forests of Central Amazon,
Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology, Cambridge,
17: 115- 126.
Bernard, E. & B. Fenton. 2002. Species diversity of
bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in forest fragments,
primary forests and savannas in Central Amazonia,
Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology, Ottawa, 80:
1124-1140.
Eisenberg, J.F. & K.H. Redford. 1999. Mammals of
the Neotropics. The Central Neotropics. Chicago
and London, Univ. Chicago Press, v. 3, 609p.
Eiten, G. 1993. Vegetao do Cerrado, p. 17-74. In:
M.N. P INTO (Ed.). Cerrado - caracterizao,
ocupao e perspectivas. 2 Ed. Editora
Universidade de Braslia, Braslia.
Emmons, L.H. & F. Feer. 1997. Neotropical rainforest
mammals. A field guide. 2nd ed. Chicago, University
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NEW EVIDENCE OF BAT PREDATION BY THE WOOLLY FALSE VAMPIRE BAT CHROTOPTERUS
AURITUS
Marcelo Rodrigues Nogueira1, Leandro Rabello Monteiro1 & Adriano Lcio Peracchi2
1 - Laboratrio de Cincias Ambientais - CBB, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-600,
Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. nogueiramr@gmail.com; lrmont@uenf.br
2 - Laboratrio de Mastozoologia - IB, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23890-000,
Seropdica, RJ, Brasil. aperacchi@webdigital.com.br
Abstract: We report on an additional evidence of bat predation by Chrotopterus auritus. Our record was obtained
during a single net session, when a female C. auritus was captured with a partially eaten Carollia perspicillata.
Preliminary data suggest that this latter species is very abundant in the region (a lowland Atlantic Forest area in
northern Rio de Janeiro state), corroborating the view of C. auritus as an opportunistic feeder.
Keywords: Atlantic forest, carnivory, Carollia perspicillata, Phyllostominae, southeastern Brazil
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Figure 1. The carnivorous bat C. auritus and a partially eaten C. perspicillata, captured in a lowland Atlantic Forest area
in Reserva Biolgica Unio, southeastern Brazil.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are thankful to Marcelo T. Nascimento for the
invitation to participate in the field course of the
Programa de Ps-graduao em Ecologia e Recursos
Naturais (Laboratrio de Cincias Ambientais Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense), to
Whitson J. C. Junior for granting permission to our
activities at Rebio Unio, and to Marco A. R. Mello
for comments on an early draft of the manuscript. All
authors receive financial support form FAPERJ. LRM
and ALP are also supported by CNPq.
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Acosta Y Lara E. F. 1951. Notas ecolgicas sobre
algunos quirpteros del Brasil. Comunicaciones
Zoologicas del Museo de Montevideo Montevideo
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murcilago en la dieta de Trachops cirrhosus
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Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua So Francisco Xavier 524, sala
220, 20559-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, lucianamcosta@yahoo.com.br
Abstract: Movement of Artibeus fimbriatus over the sea. In Brazil, even though the use of permanent marking
methods in bats are rare, frugivorous bats are known to move, great distances both in the Amazonian savannas
and in urban areas. In this study, the use of permanent marking enabled to observe that Artibeus fimbriatus flew
across 21.7 km of sea demonstrating a possible genic flow between islands and the continent. It is also suggested
that these bats can move among more than 400 islands. Such observation reinforces the need to use definitive
marking of captured animals to improve movement and dispersal data.
Keywords: Chiroptera, Rio de Janeiro, islands and continent, permanent marking
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AGRADECIMENTOS
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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Ecologia, Rua So Francisco Xavier 524,
20559-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil RJ, bergallo@uerj.br
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(Kunz 1978, LaVal 1990, 1991, Arita 1993)
(Hayssen & Kunz 1996)
(Machado et al. 1998)
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