DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0057 ISSN:
First record of Platyrrhinus guianensis Velazco and Lim, 2014 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) for Brazil
Gerson Paulino Lopes, Roberta C. Oliveira, Tamily C. M. Santos, Paúl M. Velazco, Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec, Maria Nazareth F. Silva, Tomas Hrbek, Izeni P. Farias- Animal Science and Zoology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract
Platyrrhinus guianensis is bat with a distribution restricted to the Guiana Region of South America in Guyana and Suriname. Herein, we report the southernmost record of this species, extending its distribution to Brazil in Brazilian Amazon. Our record indicates that the species have a larger geographical range that previously thought. Platyrrhinus guianensis occurs in sympatry with Platyrrhinus brachycephalus, Platyrrhinus incarum, and Platyrrhinus fusciventris in the Brazilian Amazon, and can be confused with these species, raising the possibility that there might be other specimens of Platyrrhinus guianensis misidentified as other species in scientific collections.