Check List 18(5): 1017-1022, doi: 10.15560/18.5.1017
Pteronotus rubiginosus (Wagner, 1843): first record of the bat family Mormoopidae in the Southeastern Region of Brazil
expand article infoMichael Bruno‡, Fábio Falcão§
‡ RMR Ambiental Ltda, Belo Horizonte, Brazil§ Tetrapoda Consultoria Ambiental Ltda, Ilhéus, Brazil

Corresponding author: Michael Bruno ( michaelbrunobio@hotmail.com )

Corresponding author: Fábio Falcão ( falcaobio@hotmail.com )

Academic editor: Sergio Solari
© Michael Bruno, Fábio Falcão.
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Citation: Bruno M, Falcão F (2022) Pteronotus rubiginosus (Wagner, 1843): first record of the bat family Mormoopidae in the Southeastern Region of Brazil. Check List 18(5): 1017-1022. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.1017
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Abstract

Pteronotus rubiginosus (Wagner, 1843) is a bat species belonging to the family Mormoopidae and has a wide distribution in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes in the Northern, Northeastern, and Central-Western regions of Brazil. In this study, we report the first record of this species from the state of Minas Gerais based on the capture of an individual using mistnets. With this record, we confirm the presence of P. rubiginosus in the Southeastern Region of Brazil, increasing to eight the number of chiropteran families there.

Keywords
Bats, Cerrado, Chiroptera, geographic distribution, mammals, mormoopids