Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): first record for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil

By

Basilio, Gustavo Henrique Nunes
Araujo, Jan Pierre Martins De
Mena, Juan Carlos Vargas
Rocha, Patrício Adriano da
Kramer, Marcelo Augusto Freitas

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-5-7

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

2110--8

Subjects

Bats , Caatinga , Caves , Chrotopterus , Geographic distribution

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2110

 

Abstract

Chrotopterus auritus is a phyllostomid bat with a wide distribution in the Neotropics. It has been recorded in Brazil’s 6 biomes but with few records in the Caatinga. We provide the first record of C. auritus for Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil, based on records from 2 caves, Três Inchu and Gruta da Carrapateira. The nearest records are ca. 400 km southeast in Ceará state and ca. 350 km northwest in Pernambuco state. Our new records fill the northeastern distributional gap of C. auritus in Brazil and South America.