Diphylla ecaudata Spix, 1823

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Diphylla ecaudata Spix, 1823

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Taxonomy. This species can be separated from D. rotundus and D. youngii as described above and by presence of a shorter and well-furred uropatagium. Diphylla ecaudata also differs from D. youngii by the presence of a short calcar and absence of white tips on the wings ( Kwon and Gardner 2008). Specimens from PECB (ZSP 039, 049; see Table 3 for measurements) presented a bicolored dorsal fur, with light brown basis and brown tips, bicolored venter, with light brown basis and grayish tips, forearm, legs and uropatagium furred, tiny calcar, reduced thumbs.

Distribution. In Brazil, the species is recorded in the Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Caatinga biomes, in the states of Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Pará, Amapá, Tocantins, Ceará, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina ( Tavares et al. 2008, Reis et al. 2017). In São Paulo, the species is distributed along the coastal Atlantic Forest ( Garbino 2016).

Field observations. Three males and one female were captured in April, June, August and September in mist-nets set at ground-level in sampling sites M17, M25, M28 and M34 (Appendix 1).