| Autor: |
Lima ACDS; Undergraduate in Biological Sciences, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias (CESC), Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), Praça Duque de Caxias S / N, Bairro Alecrim, 65604-000, Caxias / MA, Brazil Universidade Estadual do Maranhão Caxias Brazil., Cardoso FHS; Graduate Program in Animal Science, Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA), Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), Cidade Universitária Paulo VI, Av. Lourenço Vieira da Silva, nº 1000 - Bairro Tirirical, 65055-150, São Luís / MA, Brazil Universidade Estadual do Maranhão Caxias Brazil., Samira Brito Mendes; Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias (CESC), Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), Praça Duque de Caxias S / N, Bairro Alecrim, 65604-000, Caxias / MA, Brazil Universidade Estadual do Maranhão Caxias Brazil., Fraga EC; Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias (CESC), Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), Praça Duque de Caxias S / N, Bairro Alecrim, 65604-000, Caxias / MA, Brazil Universidade Estadual do Maranhão Caxias Brazil., Barros MC; Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias (CESC), Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), Praça Duque de Caxias S / N, Bairro Alecrim, 65604-000, Caxias / MA, Brazil Universidade Estadual do Maranhão Caxias Brazil. |
| Abstrakt: |
Niceforo's big-eared bat, Trinycterisnicefori (Sanborn, 1949), is a monotypic species which has been recorded in a number of Brazilian states, but has a disjunct distribution in this country. This study presents the first record of T.nicefori in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The specimens were collected in the municipalities of Godofredo Viana and Cândido Mendes, in fragments of the Amazon forest. One male (forearm: 38.00 mm, weight: 6 g) and one female (39.68 mm, 8 g) specimens were collected. The specimens presented chestnut-colored fur, and a chin with a pair of dermal pads arranged in a V-shape, without a central papilla. The COI gene sequences were plotted in the BOLD Systems platform, which confirmed the morphological identification of the species, with a 99.1% similarity in the male, and 99.4% in the female to existing sequences. This record extends the known distribution of T.nicefori in Brazil by approximately 310 km to the most eastern part of the Amazon Biome. |
