José Anderson Feijó

First records of mormoopid bats (Chiroptera, Mormoopidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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An update on the distribution of the Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus macrourus (Gervais, 1856) (Mammalia, Chiroptera), with new records from the Brazilian Northeastern

We present data on the geographic distribution, morphology, and biology of the Brazilian funnel-eared bat, Natalus (Gervais, 1856), with new records for the Brazilian state of Sergipe, filling a gap of approximately 800 km in the distribution of the species in Brazilian Northeast.

First and easternmost record of Molossops temminckii (Burmeister, 1854) (Chiroptera: Molossidae) for the state of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil

This study provides the easternmost record of Molossops temminckii (Burmeister 1854), and the first for the state of Paraiba, northeastern Brazil. These records were based on the capture of six specimens, three males and three females. The morphometric data and morphological characters were consistent with those described in the literature. This record extends the distributional range of the species approximately 470 km eastwards.

Uroderma magnirostrum Davis, 1968 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): First record from the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

This study provides the first record of Uroderma magnirostrum Davis, 1968 from the state of Sergipe in the Brazilian northeast, based on the capture of two specimens, one male and one female. The morphometric data and morphological characters were consistent with those recorded for the species at other Brazilian sites. This record extends the distributional range of the species within South America approximately 220 km eastwards.

Expansion of the known range of Marmosops incanus (Mammalia, Didelphimorphia, Didelphinae) to the right bank of the São Francisco River in north-east Brazil

Abstract The family Didelphidae includes most of the New World marsupials, with 97 species distributed in 18 genera. The slender opossums, genus Marmosops, include 15 species, of which 8 can be found in Brazil. Two of these species, Marmosops paulensis and Marmosops incanus, are endemic to eastern Brazil. M. incanus is more widely distributed, being found in coastal Atlantic forests of south-eastern Brazil, but also further north into peripheral areas of the Cerrado savannas and the Caatinga scrublands. Before the present study, the northernmost record of M. incanus was from the municipality of São Gonçalo dos Campos, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. The present study provides the first records of the species from the Brazilian state of Sergipe, and extends its geographic range as far as the right bank of the São Francisco River, 320 km north and east of its previous northernmost locality in the state of Bahia. Specimens were collected from two sites in Sergipe, the Mata do Junco Wildlife, in the Atlantic Forest, and a highland forest enclave in the Caatinga at Serra da Guia, in the eastern extreme of the state.