Check List 14(2): 313-317, doi: 10.15560/14.2.313
Expansion of the known range of the Lesser Bulldog Bat, Noctilio albiventris Desmarest, 1818 (Chiroptera, Noctilionidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado
Ana P. M. Olímpio‡, Fabio H. S. Cardoso‡, Cleison L. S. Costa‡, Elmary C. Fraga‡, Maria C. Barros‡‡ Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Caxias, Brazil
Corresponding author: Maria C. Barros ( mbdene@yahoo.com.br ) Academic editor: Marcelo Nogueira © 2018 Ana P. M. Olímpio, Fabio H. S. Cardoso, Cleison L. S. Costa, Elmary C. Fraga, Maria C. Barros. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Olímpio APM, Cardoso FHS, Costa CLS, Fraga EC, Barros MC (2018) Expansion of the known range of the Lesser Bulldog Bat, Noctilio albiventris Desmarest, 1818 (Chiroptera, Noctilionidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado. Check List 14(2): 313-317. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.313 |  |
Abstract
The Lesser Bulldog Bat, Noctilio albiventris, is found in all major Brazilian phytogeographic domains. We extend the known distribution of this species in the Cerrado, where 3 specimens were collected in the municipality of Caxias, which is within the Cerrado domain of the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. Our analysis of the COI gene confirms the morphological identification of the specimens, based on a 99.8–100% similarity with known sequences. This record extends the known distribution of N. albiventris 260 km to the east, in the state of Maranhão, and 986 km to the north, in the Cerrado biome.
Keywords
Maranhão; bats; DNA barcode; mitochondrial gene