Check List 13(6): 727-731, doi: 10.15560/13.6.727
New state record and range extension of the Big Crested Mastiff Bat, Promops centralis Thomas, 1915 (Chiroptera, Molossidae), in Veracruz, Mexico
Christian Tomás Alavez Tadeo‡, Alvar González Christen§, Nallely Verónica Rodríguez Santiago§‡ Unidad de Servicios Profesionales Altamente Especializados Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Mexico§ Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
Corresponding author: Christian Tomás Alavez Tadeo ( christian.alavez@outlook.com ) Academic editor: Paul Velazco © 2017 Christian Tomás Alavez Tadeo, Alvar González Christen, Nallely Verónica Rodríguez Santiago. 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:
Alavez Tadeo CT, González-Christen A, Rodríguez Santiago NV (2017) New state record and range extension of the Big Crested Mastiff Bat, Promops centralis Thomas, 1915 (Chiroptera, Molossidae), in Veracruz, Mexico. Check List 13(6): 727-731. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.727 |  |
Abstract
The diversity of bats in the Mexican state of Veracruz is high, comprising 89 species. Many of these species deserve special attention because either they remain underrepresented in collections, or they are known from fewer than 5 localities. We confirm the presence of the Big Crested Mastiff Bat (Promops centralis) in Veracruz, and provide additional occurrence records that extend the known geographic distribution of this species by 216 km to the north from previously known sites. Our new record represents the northernmost record of the species on the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico. Our findings highlight the presence of gaps in past surveys of mammalian diversity in Veracruz.
Keywords
Bats, Chiroptera, diversity, geographic distribution, distribution extension, new records