Thyroptera discifera (Lichtenstein & Peters, 1854) (Chiroptera: Thyropteridae): first record in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

By

Bocchiglieri, Adriana
Reis, Daiany S. Dos
Melo, Déborah M. De

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-8-4

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1940--4

Subjects

Atlantic forest , Geographic distribution , lactating , Peters’ Disc-winged Bat

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1940

 

Abstract

In Brazil, Thyroptera discifera, Peters’ Disc-winged Bat, occurs in the Amazon basin, Cerrado, and Atlantic Forest. A lactating female was captured in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. This specimen represents the first record for this species from the state and increases to 46 the number of bat species known from Sergipe. Our record extends the northeastern distribution limit of the species by approximately 317 km (from the nearest previous record at Salvador, Bahia). This record also supports a rainy season to lactation period for this species.