Anoura caudifer (É. Geoffroy, 1818)

Cláudio, Vinícius C., Barbosa, Gedimar P., Rocha, Vlamir J. & Rassy, Ricardo Moratelli Fabrício B., 2020, The bat fauna (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Carlos Botelho State Park, Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil, including new distribution records for the state of São Paulo, Zoologia (e 36514) 37, pp. 1-32 : 10-11

Anoura caudifer (É. Geoffroy, 1818)

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Taxonomy. Anoura Gray, 1838 is represented in Brazil by A. caudifer (É. Geoffroy, 1818) and A. geoffroyi Gray, 1838 ( Nogueira et al. 2014). The two species are distinguished by external characters: A. caudifer is smaller (forearm <39 mm in A. caudifer ,> 39 mm in A. geoffroyi ); the tail is present in A. caudifer , although reduced and sometimes not visible (always absent in A. geoffroyi ); uropatagium is narrow with a central fringe in A. caudifer (very reduced and well furred with the fur reaching the feet in A. geoffroyi ) ( Mantilla-Meluk and Baker 2006, Nogueira et al. 2007 a, Díaz et al. 2016). Specimens from PECB (ZSP 001, 012; see Table 5 for measurements) presented bicolored dorsal fur, with pale basis and brown tips; ventral fur lighter than dorsum, mid brown and almost unicolored; uropatagium with a central fringe of dense hairs; and tail visible.

Distribution. In Brazil the species is recorded in all biomes, except Caatinga, occurring in the states of Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo ( Tavares et al. 2008, Reis et al. 2017). The species is widely distributed in São Paulo, occurring in all vegetational formations ( Garbino 2016).

Field observations. We recorded 41 specimens, 20 of which (12 males and 8 females) were taken in ground-level mist-nets in sampling sites M3, M4, M6, M7, M11, M16, M19, M20, M21, M22, M23, M25, M27, M29 and M38; six (1 male and 5 females) were taken at mist-nets elevated 8 m in sampling sites M5 and M9; and 15 were captured inside a culvert in sampling site S1 (Appendix 1). Captures occurred in October, November, December, February, April, May, July, August and September. Lactating females were captured in May, October and December, and pregnant females were caught in August, September, October, November and December.