Update on the distribution of Diphylla ecaudata Spix, 1823 (Mammalia, Chiroptera): new records from the Brazilian northeast

Abstract

The subfamily Desmodontinae encompasses the only mammals known to feed exclusively on the blood of other vertebrates. This study provides records of the desmodontine bat Diphylla ecaudata from a major gap in its known distribution in northeastern Brazil. Specimens were captured at five localities, all associated with caves. Two of these sites are located in the state of Sergipe, two in Bahia, and one in Ceará. The record of D. ecaudata from Ceará is the first for this state.

Journal

Title: Check List

Abbreviated Title: cl

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

ISSN (Electronic): 1809-127X

Publication date Created: December 02 2014

Publication date (Electronic): December 09 2014

Volume: 10

Issue: 6

Page: 1541

Article

DOI: 10.15560/10.6.1541

Copyright statement: © 2014

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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Self URI (article page): https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/19082/

Self URI (pdf): http://www.biotaxa.org/cl/article/viewFile/8652/10665