Abstract
The state of São Paulo has a high number of mammal species, a great part of those is represented by bats. In this study I conducted historical review about the research on bats from the state of São Paulo and provide the first annotated species list and bibliographic review for the state. A total of 79 extant species belonging to eight families of bats occur in São Paulo. At least seven species are represented by fossils, two of these are extinct. I also present new records of rarely sampled species in the state such as Diaemus youngii, Diphylla ecaudata, Saccopteryx leptura, Thyroptera tricolor and Micronycteris microtis. Three species, Micronycteris brosseti, Mimon crenulatum and Uroderma bilobatum were removed from the list. Also is confirmed the occurrence of Histiotus montanus and Molossus aztecus in the state.
Highlights
Brazil is the first country in the world in terms of mammal diversity with approximately 701 species, of which 178 are bats (Paglia et al, 2012; Nogueira et al, 2014)
The state of São Paulo, located in southeastern Brazil, has a higher than expected mammal fauna that can be explained by its geographic position, its diversity of biomes and by the high number of mammal species with wide distributional range in South America which overlap their range in the region
Those consisted of sporadic records based mostly on specimens collected by the expeditions led by Johann Natterer, Johann Spix, Ignaz von Olfers and Friedrich Sellow en route to other regions of Brazil, while passing through Fazenda Ipanema
Summary
Brazil is the first country in the world in terms of mammal diversity with approximately 701 species, of which 178 are bats (Paglia et al, 2012; Nogueira et al, 2014).
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