The southern distribution of Micronycteris sanborni became controversial after the description of Micronycteris yatesi based on specimens formerly reported as M. sanborni in Bolivia. It raised doubts on the identity of the southernmost specimen of M. sanborni reported from Serra da Bodoquena, Brazil. We rechecked the identification of this specimen and report four new records of M. sanborni from Serra da Bodoquena. External and craniodental features of all five examined specimens fit the current M. sanborni diagnosis, supporting this region as the southern boundary of its geographic range in South America.
这使人们对巴西Serra da Bodoquena最南端的M. sanborni标本的身份产生了怀疑。我们重新核实了该标本的身份，并报告了来自Serra da Bodoquena的4个新的M.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-09DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0149
Juan Camilo Rubiano-Pérez, Francisco Stiven Gomez-Castañeda, Leonardo Lemus-Mejía, I. Mauricio Vela-Vargas, José F. González-Maya
The Andean white ear opossum (Didelphis pernigra, Allen 1900) is one of the three species of the genus Didelphis reported in Colombia. Here we present a systematic review of D. pernigra in Colombia, with a geographical and altitudinal distribution hypothesis from the country. We reported geographic records and scientific available information of D. pernigra in 40 studies, 55.26 % of the available literature corresponded to local and regional inventories; 23.68 % of other documents were studies about mammal assemblages, while 21.05 % were specific studies about the species and the genus Didelphis in Colombia. We classified literature according to the following subcategories: natural history, diet, inventories, threats, reproduction, uses and perceptions. Most of the literature corresponded to detection in inventories (55.26 %), followed by natural history information (21.05 %) and threats (7.89 %). Research about diet, uses, perception and reproduction, had the lowest proportion with 5.26 %. Regarding distribution, geographic records ranged between 1060 and 3740 m across the three Andean ranges of Colombia. In general, little is known about the ecology or natural history of the species, efforts should be focused on filling the information gaps about natural history, and surveys should fill the distribution gaps along the Western and Central ranges of Colombia.
安第斯白耳负鼠（Didelphis pernigra, Allen 1900）是哥伦比亚报告的三个白耳负鼠属物种之一。在此，我们对哥伦比亚的 D. pernigra 进行了系统回顾，并提出了该国的地理和海拔分布假设。我们报告了40项研究中关于D. pernigra的地理记录和科学信息，其中55.26%的文献与地方和区域清单相对应；23.68%的其他文献是关于哺乳动物群落的研究，21.05%是关于哥伦比亚Didelphis种和属的具体研究。我们按照以下子类别对文献进行了分类：自然史、饮食、清单、威胁、繁殖、用途和认知。大多数文献都与物种清单中的发现有关（55.26%），其次是自然史信息（21.05%）和威胁（7.89%）。有关饮食、用途、认知和繁殖的研究比例最低，仅占 5.26%。在分布方面，哥伦比亚三个安第斯山脉的地理记录介于 1060 米和 3740 米之间。总体而言，人们对该物种的生态学或自然史知之甚少，因此应集中精力填补自然史方面的信息空白，并通过调查填补哥伦比亚西部和中部地区的分布空白。
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Pub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0121
Eder Barbier, Carlos Eduardo Beserra Nobre, Luciana Iannuzzi, Enrico Bernard
Tonatia bidens is listed as ‘Data Deficient’ in the IUCN Red List. Our research, conducted in the Brazilian Caatinga dry forest between 2016 and 2022, aimed to shed light on the diet of this little-known species. Thirty-eight taxa were identified among insect remains beneath T. bidens’ feeding perch. Notably, certain insects such as hawkmoths and cerambycid beetles are agricultural pests with significant negative impacts on crops, including cassava, corn, tomato, papaya, and cashew plantations. These results underscore bats’ crucial role in insect pest consumption, emphasizing the need for further studies to fully understand their diet and ecosystem contributions.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0073
Elena J. Soto, Eduardo Nóbrega, Pedro Nascimento, Edie Abrahams, Kane Powell, Adrià Bellmunt Ribas, Isamberto Silva, Martinho Gomes, José M. L. Rodrigues, João Nunes, Dília Menezes, Ricardo Rocha
Invasive mammalian predators are arguably the most damaging group of alien animals for global biodiversity and their impacts are particularly damaging in endemic-rich insular ecosystems. Ferrets (Mustela furo) are well-known for their potential to establish self-sustaining feral populations. Yet, knowledge about their distribution and trophic interactions is scarce. Here, we provide ample evidence of a well-established and widespread population of ferrets on the subtropical island of Madeira (Portugal). Ferrets are using natural and human-dominated habitats, where they are preying on both native (e.g., Cory’s shearwaters (Calonectris borealis) and the endemic and IUCN Endangered Zino’s petrel (Pterodroma madeira)) and non-native vertebrates.
{"title":"Widespread population of invasive ferrets Mustela furo (Carnivora: Mustelidae) on the island of Madeira, Macaronesia","authors":"Elena J. Soto, Eduardo Nóbrega, Pedro Nascimento, Edie Abrahams, Kane Powell, Adrià Bellmunt Ribas, Isamberto Silva, Martinho Gomes, José M. L. Rodrigues, João Nunes, Dília Menezes, Ricardo Rocha","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0073","url":null,"abstract":"Invasive mammalian predators are arguably the most damaging group of alien animals for global biodiversity and their impacts are particularly damaging in endemic-rich insular ecosystems. Ferrets (<jats:italic>Mustela furo</jats:italic>) are well-known for their potential to establish self-sustaining feral populations. Yet, knowledge about their distribution and trophic interactions is scarce. Here, we provide ample evidence of a well-established and widespread population of ferrets on the subtropical island of Madeira (Portugal). Ferrets are using natural and human-dominated habitats, where they are preying on both native (e.g., Cory’s shearwaters (<jats:italic>Calonectris borealis</jats:italic>) and the endemic and IUCN Endangered Zino’s petrel (<jats:italic>Pterodroma madeira</jats:italic>)) and non-native vertebrates.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140600707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-03DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098
Aye Myat Thu, Ye Htet Lwin, Rui-Chang Quan
When the book Wild mammals of Myanmar (Tun Yin 1993) was published, a total of 252 mammal species were reported. Since that publication, numerous new species have been described, taxonomic revisions published, and additional distribution records produced that have expanded Myanmar’s mammals considerably. Therefore, we aimed to provide an updated checklist of the mammals of Myanmar, which includes the scientific and common names, global and Myanmar distributions, remarks on taxonomy, and conservation information including the IUCN Red List status and legal protection status under The Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law 2018 of Myanmar. Our new checklist includes 365 (33 marine and 332 terrestrial) mammal species belonging to 13 orders and 49 families. We also confirmed that Myanmar is home to at least nine endemic mammal species. Our results highlight the areas that require further exploration to gain a more comprehensive understanding of Myanmar’s diverse fauna.
当《缅甸野生哺乳动物》（Tun Yin，1993 年）一书出版时，共报告了 252 种哺乳动物。自该书刊出以来，又有许多新物种被描述，分类学修订版也已出版，还有更多的分布记录，这些都大大扩展了缅甸的哺乳动物种类。因此，我们旨在提供一份最新的缅甸哺乳动物名录，其中包括学名和俗名、全球和缅甸的分布情况、分类学备注以及保护信息，包括《世界自然保护联盟红色名录》（IUCN Red List）中的状态以及缅甸《2018 年生物多样性保护和保护区法》（The Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law 2018）中的法律保护状态。我们的新清单包括隶属于 13 目 49 科的 365 种（33 种海洋哺乳动物和 332 种陆生哺乳动物）哺乳动物。我们还确认，缅甸至少有 9 种特有的哺乳动物。我们的研究结果强调了需要进一步探索的领域，以便更全面地了解缅甸多样的动物群。
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Understanding the occupancy and density estimate of Northern Red Muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis) at a landscape scale is crucial due to their significant ecological impact on ecosystems, particularly as prey for large predators. This study employed a single-season site occupancy model to assess the occupancy and density of Northern Red Muntjac using camera traps in the east Sikkim and Darjeeling hills Central Himalayan landscape from 2018 to 2020. A total of 513 photo captures of Northern Red Muntjac were obtained from 3150 trap nights with a naive occupancy estimate of 0.64 for the Central Himalayan landscape. The top model revealed positive influences of broadleaved forest (β = 0.93 ± 0.26), mixed forest (β = 0.6 ± 0.47), and slope (β = 0.2 ± 0.24) on the occupancy probability, while elevation (β = −0.08 ± 0.24) and ruggedness (β = −0.53 ± 0.23) had negative influences. Similarly, broadleaved forest (β = 1.3 ± 0.24), mixed forest (β = 0.74 ± 0.39), and ruggedness (β = 0.62 ± 0.25) positively influenced the detection probability, whereas elevation (β = −0.3 ± 0.22) and slope (β = −1.13 ± 1.21) had negative effects. The study estimated a total abundance of 169.23 ± 20.77 individuals with a density of 0.33 per square kilometre in the landscape. This study is a pioneering effort and provides a foundation for future investigations into the occupancy and density estimate of Northern Red Muntjac in the Central Himalayas.
{"title":"A tapestry of habitats: exploring abundance and habitat preferences of the Northern Red Muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis) across the Central Himalayan landscape","authors":"Chandra Maya Sharma, Saurav Bhattacharjee, Amira Sharief, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Mukesh Thakur, Lalit Kumar Sharma","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0150","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the occupancy and density estimate of Northern Red Muntjac (<jats:italic>Muntiacus vaginalis</jats:italic>) at a landscape scale is crucial due to their significant ecological impact on ecosystems, particularly as prey for large predators. This study employed a single-season site occupancy model to assess the occupancy and density of Northern Red Muntjac using camera traps in the east Sikkim and Darjeeling hills Central Himalayan landscape from 2018 to 2020. A total of 513 photo captures of Northern Red Muntjac were obtained from 3150 trap nights with a naive occupancy estimate of 0.64 for the Central Himalayan landscape. The top model revealed positive influences of broadleaved forest (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.93 ± 0.26), mixed forest (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.6 ± 0.47), and slope (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.2 ± 0.24) on the occupancy probability, while elevation (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = −0.08 ± 0.24) and ruggedness (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = −0.53 ± 0.23) had negative influences. Similarly, broadleaved forest (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 1.3 ± 0.24), mixed forest (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.74 ± 0.39), and ruggedness (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.62 ± 0.25) positively influenced the detection probability, whereas elevation (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = −0.3 ± 0.22) and slope (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = −1.13 ± 1.21) had negative effects. The study estimated a total abundance of 169.23 ± 20.77 individuals with a density of 0.33 per square kilometre in the landscape. This study is a pioneering effort and provides a foundation for future investigations into the occupancy and density estimate of Northern Red Muntjac in the Central Himalayas.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140600917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0063
Rajkumar D. Patel, Vinodkumar Kulkarni, Shraddha Kumari K., Honnavalli N. Kumara, Karunakaran P. V., Babu Santhanakrishnan, Rajesh Puttaswamaiah
The Wroughton’s free-tailed bat (Otomops wroughtoni) is classified as Data Deficient under IUCN Red List due to inadequate information on its distribution, population, and ecology. The species was previously recorded from Belgaum district of Karnataka and from East Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills districts of Meghalaya and from Cambodia, represented by a single specimen. Through our study on Chiroptera taxa across 19 Community Reserves between October 2021 and January 2022 using physical search, mist netting and acoustic study we have identified a new colony of O. wroughtoni from the Mikadogre village in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, which extends the current distribution to 135 km from the nearest known distribution site. Interestingly, unlike other known roosts of O. wroughtoni which are in large caves with high roofs and deep crevices or cupolas, this roost was in the open limestone cliff located next to a stream. In addition to this, we have also documented the breeding colony of the species from a previously known site at Pynurkba. This new finding emphasises that there are more potential roosts across the Northeast region of India with similar habitats and altitudes waiting to be identified.
{"title":"New distribution and breeding record of Wroughton’s free-tailed bat (Otomops wroughtoni) (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Meghalaya, India","authors":"Rajkumar D. Patel, Vinodkumar Kulkarni, Shraddha Kumari K., Honnavalli N. Kumara, Karunakaran P. V., Babu Santhanakrishnan, Rajesh Puttaswamaiah","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0063","url":null,"abstract":"The Wroughton’s free-tailed bat (<jats:italic>Otomops wroughtoni)</jats:italic> is classified as Data Deficient under IUCN Red List due to inadequate information on its distribution, population, and ecology. The species was previously recorded from Belgaum district of Karnataka and from East Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills districts of Meghalaya and from Cambodia, represented by a single specimen. Through our study on Chiroptera taxa across 19 Community Reserves between October 2021 and January 2022 using physical search, mist netting and acoustic study we have identified a new colony of <jats:italic>O. wroughtoni</jats:italic> from the Mikadogre village in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, which extends the current distribution to 135 km from the nearest known distribution site. Interestingly, unlike other known roosts of <jats:italic>O. wroughtoni</jats:italic> which are in large caves with high roofs and deep crevices or cupolas, this roost was in the open limestone cliff located next to a stream. In addition to this, we have also documented the breeding colony of the species from a previously known site at Pynurkba. This new finding emphasises that there are more potential roosts across the Northeast region of India with similar habitats and altitudes waiting to be identified.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140600841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-19DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0123
Alejandro Antonio Castro-Luna, Rosa María González-Marín, Jorge Galindo-González, Omar Antonio Hernández-Dávila
To investigate whether trees and palms scattered in pastures contribute to the maintenance of bat assemblages in landscapes highly fragmented by livestock farming activities, we evaluated the bat assemblages and foraging guilds between wooded pastures and riparian vegetation. Using mist nets, we captured 1013 bats from 29 species and four taxonomic families. We found that the abundance, richness, and composition of bat species were not significantly different between vegetation types. Frugivores were the most abundant guild, and their abundance did not differ between vegetation types, indicating that wood-pastures allow the presence of these bats in the landscape. On the other hand, insectivores were more abundant in riparian vegetation and, interestingly, nectarivores were more abundant in pastures, likely due to the great plasticity of species of the genus Glossophaga. Our results are encouraging, since they demonstrate that a rustic pasture management that promoting the presence of scattered trees and palms along with belts of riparian vegetation, allows the maintenance of bat assemblages in a highly fragmented landscape.
{"title":"Importance of riparian vegetation and wood-pastures in the maintenance of bat assemblages in a highly fragmented landscape in Veracruz, Mexico","authors":"Alejandro Antonio Castro-Luna, Rosa María González-Marín, Jorge Galindo-González, Omar Antonio Hernández-Dávila","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0123","url":null,"abstract":"To investigate whether trees and palms scattered in pastures contribute to the maintenance of bat assemblages in landscapes highly fragmented by livestock farming activities, we evaluated the bat assemblages and foraging guilds between wooded pastures and riparian vegetation. Using mist nets, we captured 1013 bats from 29 species and four taxonomic families. We found that the abundance, richness, and composition of bat species were not significantly different between vegetation types. Frugivores were the most abundant guild, and their abundance did not differ between vegetation types, indicating that wood-pastures allow the presence of these bats in the landscape. On the other hand, insectivores were more abundant in riparian vegetation and, interestingly, nectarivores were more abundant in pastures, likely due to the great plasticity of species of the genus <jats:italic>Glossophaga</jats:italic>. Our results are encouraging, since they demonstrate that a rustic pasture management that promoting the presence of scattered trees and palms along with belts of riparian vegetation, allows the maintenance of bat assemblages in a highly fragmented landscape.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140165960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0099
Cynthia Salzgeber, Fred Victor de Oliveira, Fernando Araújo Perini, Maria Clara do Nascimento
Peropteryx leucoptera is a widespread species in the Neotropics but with a disjunct distribution in Northern South America and a separated population in the Atlantic Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Here we present new records of this species for Northeastern Brazil, the first records for the Caatinga biome and for the states of Bahia and Rondônia. These new records represent a major range extension and establishes a new southern limit of occurrence for the species. We also examined and provide measurements of other specimens and present an updated map with the distribution of P. leucoptera in South America.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-16DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0110
Tamily C.M. Santos, Gerson P. Lopes, Roberto Leonan M. Novaes, Vinícius C. Cláudio, João Valsecchi, Andrezza S.V. Hirota, José G. Martínez-Fonseca, Marcelo H. Marcos, Adriana A. Kuniy, Maria Clara do Nascimento
Peropteryx pallidoptera is the newest described species of Peropteryx, know from only few localities in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, and Bolivia. Herein, we report new records of this species, and we show that P. pallidoptera has a wider distribution than known across the Amazon. Our records are based on field sampling and, mostly, on museum vouchers, which reinforces the importance of biological collections and the need to continually review deposited specimens.
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