Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from two priority areas for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Amazon and range extension for Carollia benkeithi (Phyllostomidae)
Abstract
Amazonian tropical forests host the highest bat diversity in South America. The central area Brazilian Amazon encompasses one of the largest pristine areas within this biome, where Amanã and Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserves (SDRs) are located. These two reserves hold the status of Priority Areas for Biodiversity Conservation due to their high biological relevance. The aim of this study was to identify the bat species richness within these SDRs to minimize the Wallacean shortfall of the chiropterofauna in the Amazon. A total of 274 specimens, collected 20 years ago and housed in the mammal collection at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, were sorted and identified. They are distributed across four families, 18 genera, and 26 species: Artibeus planirostris and Carollia perspicillata were the most abundant vouchers. We identified a range extension for Carollia benkeithi and a possible new taxon for the genus Micronycteris.
Acknowledgments
We thank the curators and staff of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi for providing full access to the mammal collection and supporting this study, namely: José de Sousa e Silva Júnior, Suely A. M. Aguiar, Celso Moraes, Airton da Luz, and “Dico” Rodrigues. Paúl M. Velazco and Edson F. Abreu-Júnior for sent us images of the holotype of Neonycteris pusilla (AMNH 378830); Giulia P. Gomes help us capturing some skull images used in this study; Leonardo C. Trevelin with some species identification; and Alberto Akama for comments on a preliminary version of this manuscript. Two anonymous reviewers and the editor, made important improvements to this study.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission. AS delineated the study, analyzed morphology, interpreted the results, wrote the paper, and prepared the figures and tables; ARB delineated the study, interpreted the results, co-wrote the manuscript, and prepared figures and tables. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: AS received an undergraduate fellowship PIBIC/MPEG (2017–2021). ARB received fellowships from CNPq (PCI/DA MPEG/MCTI 2019–2023) and a grant from FAPESPA (ICAAF 018/2016).
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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