Romina Pavé, Pablo Schierloh, Micaela Chambi, María Guadalupe Piccirilli, Sabrina Ulman, Silvina Saavedra, Daniel M Cisterna, Diego A Caraballo
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Abstract
Until now, Molossus melini was known only from its type locality, in the south of Santa Fe province, Argentina. Specimens of this species were collected in 2021 from a roost in a Fraxinus tree of the urban woodland of Paraná city, Entre Ríos province, Argentina. Bat identification was made by comparing external and cranial characters and measurements with those reported in the bibliography and corroborated by a phylogenetic analysis based on the cytochrome b gene. Also, multivariate morphometric analyses showed that cranial measurements, but not external ones, are informative enough to discriminate M. melini from the other Molossus species in Argentina (M. currentium, M. fluminensis, and M. molossus). This new record extends the distribution of M. melini from the south of Santa Fe province by 230 km to the northeast and represents the first record of the species in the Espinal ecoregion.
Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13364-023-00679-1.
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Mammal Research, formerly published as Acta Theriologica, is an international journal of mammalogy, covering all aspects of mammalian biology. Long-since recognized as a leader in its field, the journal was founded in 1954, and has been exclusively published in English since 1967.
The journal presents work from scientists all over the world, covering all aspects of mammalian biology: genetics, ecology, behaviour, bioenergetics, morphology, development, reproduction, nutrition, physiology, paleontology and evolution.
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