Resumo
Artibeus amplus Handley, 1987 is a little-known bat species endemic to northern South America. There are confirmed records of the species for Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname. In this study, we report the occurrence of A. amplus in Brazil based on the collection of two specimens captured in the municipalities of Cantá and Caracaraí in the state of Roraima. We also found a museum specimen from the state of Amazonas. The specimens were identified based on morphology and mitochondrial Cytochrome b gene analysis. After this contribution, the number of bat species in Brazil is 182. Surveys in other areas in the north of the country, such as the state of Pará, in addition to a comprehensive review of museum specimens, is needed to investigate the distribution of the species in areas where it has not been found yet.
Assuntos
Animais , Quirópteros/classificação , Ecossistema Amazônico , BiodiversidadeResumo
In bats, there are several reports on pigmentation disorders (albinism, leucism, and melanism), but only thirteen of them deal with leucism in Phyllostomidae. The goal of this paper is to describe leucism in one of the least-known Neotropical frugivorous bat species, Artibeus amplus, in an Andean location of Venezuela. This is the first report for the species, the second for Venezuela, the sixth for the genus Artibeus, and the fourteenth for Phyllostomidae.
Assuntos
Animais , Mutação/genética , Pigmentação/genética , Quirópteros , MelaninasResumo
In bats, there are several reports on pigmentation disorders (albinism, leucism, and melanism), but only thirteen of them deal with leucism in Phyllostomidae. The goal of this paper is to describe leucism in one of the least-known Neotropical frugivorous bat species, Artibeus amplus, in an Andean location of Venezuela. This is the first report for the species, the second for Venezuela, the sixth for the genus Artibeus, and the fourteenth for Phyllostomidae.(AU)