First record of the Vulnerable bat Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828)&nbsp;(Chiroptera: Furipteridae) in the state of Paran&aacute;, southern Brazil

Tatiana P Portella; Nathalia Y Kaku-Oliveira; Jennifer de S Barros; Gisele C Sessegolo

doi:10.15560/13.4.127

Check List 13(4): 127-134, doi: 10.15560/13.4.127

First record of the Vulnerable bat Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) (Chiroptera: Furipteridae) in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil

Tatiana P Portella^‡, Nathalia Y Kaku-Oliveira^§, Jennifer de S Barros^|, Gisele C Sessegolo^¶

‡ Jataí, Brazil§ Curitiba, Brazil| Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil¶ Ecossistema Consultoria Ambiental, Curitiba, Brazil

Corresponding author: Tatiana P Portella ( portellatp@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Paul Velazco

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Citation: Portella T, Kaku-Oliveira N, Barros J, Sessegolo G (2017) First record of the Vulnerable bat Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) (Chiroptera: Furipteridae) in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. Check List 13(4): 127-134. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.127

Abstract

We report the first record of Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. A male specimen was captured using a harp trap in the entrance of a cave in the Parque Municipal Gruta do Bacaetava. The morphometric data and morphological characters of the specimen are within the known range documented for this species. This new record fills a gap in the known distribution of F. horrens and provides potentially valuable information that can be
used to plan conservation measures.

Keywords

Araucaria Forest; Thumbless Bat; Cave Bat; karst area; Parque Municipal Gruta do Bacaetava