Abstract
We characterize the bat fauna of forested sites in the municipality of Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil, and update the list of bat species of the state. We conducted a rapid inventory using ground-level mist nets (27,000 m²·h effort) and occasional roost searching, which resulted in a list of 23 species belonging to Phyllostomidae (18 species), Vespertilionidae (3), and Molossidae (2). We report the first record of Molossops neglectus Williams & Genoways, 1980 and Myotis lavali Moratelli, Peracchi, Dias & Oliveira, 2011 from Espírito Santo, bringing the total number of confirmed species in the state to 86. The molossid Nyctinomops laticaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1805) was exclusively recorded in its diurnal roost in rocky outcrops. Our study fills knowledge gaps in the distribution of bat species in southeastern Brazil, and more specifically in the highly diverse coastal Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo. These data reinforce the importance of continuously inventorying and documenting bats in the Neotropics.
Highlights
The Atlantic Forest biome, which corresponds to 15% of the Brazilian territory, occupies the eastern South American coast from the state of Rio Grande do Norte to the state of Rio Grande do Sul (SOS Mata Atlântica; Pereira 2009)
Chrotopterus auritus, Lionycteris spurrelli, Lonchorhina aurita, Platyrrhinus recifinus, and Sturnira tildae were relatively rare in our sampling (1.68%), represented by a single capture (Table 2)
The following 11 species were found in both habitats: Anoura caudifer, A. lituratus, A. planirostris, Carollia brevicauda, C. perspicillata, Des modus rotundus, Eptesicus brasiliensis, Myotis albes cens, Platyrrhinus lineatus, Pygoderma bilabiatum, and Sturnira lilium
Summary
The Atlantic Forest biome, which corresponds to 15% of the Brazilian territory, occupies the eastern South American coast from the state of Rio Grande do Norte to the state of Rio Grande do Sul (SOS Mata Atlântica; Pereira 2009). This biome is a hotspot of biodiversity, containing up to 8% of the global biodiversity and largely contributing to the recognition of Brazil as a megadiverse country and signatory of the Biodiversity Convention (Mittermeier et al 2004; Silva and Casteleti 2005; Varjabedian 2010; Oliveira and Irving 2011). The forested, mountainous central-eastern area of the state remains one of the least-sampled regions (Moreira et al 2008)
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