Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): First Record for the State of Rio Grande Do Norte, Northeastern Brazil

Creator(s)

Gustavo Henrique Nunes Basílio, Centro
Jan Pierre Martins de Araujo, Centro
Juan Carlos Vargas Mena, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Patrício A. da Rocha, Universidade Federal da Paraiba
Marcelo Augusto Freitas Kramer, Centro

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-7-2017

Description

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.

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Citation Information

Basílio, Gustavo Henrique Nunes; de Araujo, Jan Pierre Martins; Mena, Juan Carlos Vargas; da Rocha, Patrício A.; and Kramer, Marcelo Augusto Freitas. 2017. Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): First Record for the State of Rio Grande Do Norte, Northeastern Brazil. Check List. Vol.13(3). https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2110