First record of two molossid bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Piauí state and distributional review for Brazil

Roberto Novaes; Camila Barreto; Rafael Laurindo; Marcione Oliveira; Leonardo Avilla

doi:10.15560/9.3.610

Check List 9(3): 610-613, doi: 10.15560/9.3.610

First record of two molossid bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Piauí state and distributional review for Brazil

Roberto Leonan Morim Novaes^‡, Rafael de Souza Laurindo^§, Marcione Brito de Oliveira^|, Camila de Rezende Barreto^§, Leonardo dos Santos Avilla^‡

‡ Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ Instituto Sul Mineiro de Estudos e Conservação da Natureza, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding author: Roberto Novaes ( robertonovaes@gmail.com )

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Citation: Novaes R, Barreto C, Laurindo R, Oliveira M, Avilla L (2013) First record of two molossid bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Piauí state and distributional review for Brazil. Check List 9(3): 610-613. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.3.610

Abstract

The Family Molossidae has a cosmopolitan distribution; it is common in urban areas as well as in agricultural and forested environments. In Brazil, the group comprises seven genera with 25 species. In spite of the representative number of taxa, Molossidae is insufficiently documented in biological inventories. Thus, there is a gap in knowledge about the actual distribution of most species. Here we present new records of tow molossids, Cynomops planirostris and Neoplatymops mattogrossensis, for the state of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil, and review locality records for species throughout the Brazilian territory.

Keywords

Piauí; Brazil