Open AccessNew records of the bats <i>Histiotus montanus</i> and <i>Molossops neglectus</i> in southeastern Brazil with notes on biology and morphology
Author(s) -
Renato Gregorin,
Matheus Camargo Silva Mancini,
Rafael de Souza Laurindo,
Rodrigo de Macêdo Mello,
Ligiane Martins Moras,
Talita G. Almeida,
Lilith C. Silva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
caldasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.203
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2357-3759
pISSN - 0366-5232
DOI - 10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.73949
Subject(s) - insectivore , biology , zoology , principal component analysis , ecology , predation , artificial intelligence , computer science
Distributional and biological data for some bat species in South America are scarce, mainly in non-phyllostomid bats. Herein we provide new records of two rare species of aerial insectivore bats for southeastern Brazil, Histiotus montanus and Molossops neglectus. In addition, we report facial morphological variation in color and new records of ectoparasites for H. montanus. For M. neglectus we performed a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to check for morphometric variation based on forearm and skull dimensions, the southerly distributed specimens showing slightly smaller measurements than the northern ones.