A new species of nectar-feeding bat,genus Lonchophylla,from the Caatinga of Brazil (Chiroptera,Phyllostomidae) |
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Authors: | Ricardo Moratelli Daniela Dias |
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Institution: | 1.Fiocruz Mata Atlântica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, CEP 22713-375, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;2.Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, U.S.A.;3.Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, CEP 21040-900, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Abstract: | We describe Lonchophylla
inexpectata
sp. n. from the Caatinga of Brazil. This new species can be distinguished from all known species of Lonchophylla that occur in Brazil by dental traits, cranial size, and fur colour. Specimens of Lonchophylla
inexpectata have been misidentified as Lonchophylla
mordax; but Lonchophylla
inexpectata is a pale-venter species, similar in external appearance to Lonchophylla
dekeyseri. We have found Lonchophylla
inexpectata in the Caatinga of North-eastern Brazil; Lonchophylla
mordax along the eastern border of the Caatinga and in the Atlantic Forest–Caatinga ecotone in North-eastern Brazil; and Lonchophylla
dekeyseri in the Cerrado of Mid-western Brazil, in the Brazilian Cerrado–Caatinga ecotone, and as far west as the Cerrado of Bolivia. |
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Keywords: | Atlantic Forest Caatinga Cerrado Lonchophylla
inexpectata" target="_blank">Lonchophylla
inexpectata Lonchophylla
dekeyseri" target="_blank">Lonchophylla
dekeyseri Lonchophylla
mordax" target="_blank">Lonchophylla
mordax North-eastern Brazil |
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