First record of Vampyrodes caraccioli (Thomas, 1889) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) for the state of Paraná, and range extension to southern region of Brazil

Fernando Carvalho,João Miranda,Viviane Mottin,Fernando Passos

doi:10.15560/10.5.10.5.1189

Abstract

First record of Vampyrodes caraccioli (Thomas, 1889) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) for the state of Paraná, and range extension to southern region of Brazil

Highlights

The present note reports the first record of Vampyrodes caraccioli in Paraná state, southern Brazil, based on an adult male specimen collected in the “Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Salto Morato”, on the north coast of the state, extending 301 km in the known austral distribution of the species
In Brazil, V. caraccioli have been reported for the Amazonian (Martins et al 2006; Peracchi et al 2011), Pantanal (Alho et al 2011), and Atlantic Forest biomes (Faria 2006; Lourenço et al 2010), with its southern known distribution limit at the northern coast of São Paulo (Velazco et al 2010)
The goal in the present study is to report the first record of V. caraccioli for the state of Paraná, extending its austral distribution

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Abstract: The present note reports the first record of Vampyrodes caraccioli in Paraná state, southern Brazil, based on an adult male specimen collected in the “Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Salto Morato”, on the north coast of the state, extending 301 km in the known austral distribution of the species. In the most recent review, Velazco and Simmons (2011) recognized two species for the genus, V. caraccioli and V. major Allen, 1908, based on morphological and molecular data.

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