Check List 11(1): e19101, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1503
Distribution extension of Ametrida centurio Gray, 1847 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): first record in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
expand article infoEmmanuel Messias Vilar‡, Hannah Nunes‡, Jorge Luiz Nascimento§, Pedro Cordeiro Estrela‡
‡ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil§ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversiadade,, Brazil

Corresponding author: Emmanuel Vilar ( messiashp@gmail.com )

© 2017 Emmanuel Vilar, Hannah Nunes, Jorge Nascimento, Pedro Estrela.
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Citation: Vilar E, Nascimento J, Nunes H, Cordeiro Estrela P (2015) Distribution extension of Ametrida centurio Gray, 1847 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): first record in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Check List 11(1): 1503. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1503
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Abstract
Ametrida centurio Gray, 1847 is a small fruit-eating bat endemic to the Neotropics. In Brazil, its known distribu­tion is limited to the Amazon basin. We report the first record of A. centurio in the Atlantic Forest and extend its distribu­tion in approximately 1,500 km from the previously known easternmost locality. The record was made in the Guaribas Biological Reserve, located in the state of Paraíba, north­eastern Brazil. We intended to evaluate whether this record is accidental or might correspond to an emerging pattern for northeastern Brazil’s canopy.
Keywords
bats; biogeography; canopy; Paraíba; Rebio Guaribas