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First record of Mimon crenulatum (Phyllostomidae) bats in the Pantanal, southwestern Brazil
George Camargo
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
C.E.P. 79070-900 Campo Grande, Brasil
Erich Fischer
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
Caixa Postal 549, C.E.P. 79070-900 Campo Grande, Brasil
email: efischer@nin.ufms.br keywords
bat distribution, geographic range, Mimon, Pantanal, Phyllostomidae publication date: 01-01-2005
Abstract
Species of Mimon Gray, 1847, are known to occur from Mexico to central Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, ranging from 22o N to 25o S of latitude. In latitudes between 14 and 25o S, approximately, the known occurrence of Mimon is restricted to east Brazil, in the Atlantic rainforest. Only in latitudes lower than 14o S the species of Mimon additionally occurs in central and western South America, in the Amazon, Cerrado and Caatinga. Mimon crenulatum (E. Geoffroy, 1810) is locally uncommon but widespread over the range of the genus distribution. We report here the occurrence of M. crenulatum at ca. 20o S of latitude in the Pantanal wetlands, western Brazil. It is probably the first record of the genus Mimon in this ecosystem, and it increases the geographic range of Mimon crenulatum distribution to western Brazil in latitudes greater than 14o S. how to quote this paper
Camargo, G. and Fischer, E. First record of Mimon crenulatum (Phyllostomidae) bats in the Pantanal, southwestern Brazil. Biota Neotrop. Jan/Jun 2005, vol. 5, no. 1. http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v5n1/pt/abstract?short-communication+BN00705012005 . ISSN 1676-0603
