Abstract

DA ROCHA, Patrício A et al. Major extension of the known range of the capixaba nectar-feeding bat, Dryadonycteris capixaba (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae).: Is this rare species widely distributed in eastern Brazil?. Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2014, vol.21, n.2, pp.361-366. ISSN 0327-9383.

Dryadonycteris capixaba Nogueira, Lima, Peracchi and Simmons, 2012 was described from 3 specimens originally identified as Choeroniscus minor (Peters, 1868) collected in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. The present study reevaluates the geographic distribution of D. capixaba based on the re-identification of 5 specimens collected at 4 localities in northeastern Brazil, which were catalogued originally as C. minor and Lichonycteris obscura Thomas, 1895. The identification of these new specimens of D. capixaba extends the known distribution of the species northwards by approximately 1200 km, including also cloud forest enclaves within the xeric Caatinga scrub of northeastern Brazil, which may represent isolated populations.

Keywords : Atlantic Forest; Choeronycterini; Cloud forest enclaves; Geographic distribution; Lichonycteris.

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