Inventario rápido de los vertebrados terrestres del Parque Nacional “Desembarco del Granma”, Niquero, Granma, Cuba

Se aporta la lista de vertebrados terrestres de cuatro localidades del Parque Nacional “Desembarco del Granma”, municipio Niquero, provincia Granma. Las aves presentaron la mayor riqueza de especies (54) y los reptiles el mayor grado de endemismo a nivel de especie y/o subespecie (79 %). En el caso de los anfibios se reporta Eleutherodactylus tonyi, especie endémica y amenazada, y se discute el estado taxonómico de las poblaciones de E. cf. varians de Cabo Cruz. En los reptiles se registra por primera vez Hemidactylus angulatus, especie exótica e invasora; y se discute el estado de conservación de las poblaciones Anolis ruibali, un endémico local. Para las aves se recomienda extender los muestreos a otras épocas del año con el objetivo de registrar la entrada de especies migratorias. En los mamíferos, se registra por primera vez Monophyllus redmani, Chilonatalus macer, Mormoops blainvillei y Pteronotus parnelli para esta localidad. La presencia de una cueva caliente en el sendero Morlotte-Fustete aporta un valor adicional desde el punto de vista ecológico y ameritaría replantear planes de conservación y manejo para el área.

Primer registro del murciélago bigotón Pteronotus parnelli (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) al Este de Sonora

Parnell’s mustached bat, Pteronotus parnellii, is found from southern Sonora and Tamaulipas to Chiapas in Mexico. On October 3, 2012, at 18:30 hr, six and nine-meter nets were placed above water ponds in the Babisal creek located in the “Northern Jaguar Reserve” near the town of Sahuaripa. At 19:50 hrs the six-meter net was checked, and an adult male, without scrotum, of the species Pteronotus parnellii was found at a height of 70cm above ground level. The Sahuaripa region in east-central Sonora, is outside the known distribution range of this species extending it by at least 220 km north of the Sierra de Alamos. The “Northern Jaguar Reserve” where Pteronotus parnellii was found, is a protected area and an important wilderness area for the protection of the northernmost breeding population of jaguars. Key words: Pteronotus parnellii, Reserva Jaguar del Norte, Sonora, october. Palabras clave: Pteronotus parnellii, Reserva Jaguar del Norte, Sonora, octubre.

Diversity of Quaternary Bats from Serra da Mesa (State of Goiás, Brazil)

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the taxonomic diversity of fossil and extant bats from the region of the Serra da Mesa in the State of Goias, Central Brazil. Quaternary fossils were obtained from four limestone caves, namely Igrejinha, Carneiro, Nossa Senhora Aparecida, and Itambé. Information on extant bat fauna used for comparison were obtained from literature and from the collection of Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro). The taxonomic identification of the fragments was based on a comparative study of the masticatory apparatus of extant and fossil bat species. A total of 430 fragments were identified, comprising 27 species: Anoura geoffroyi, Artibeus sp., Carollia sp., Chrotopterus auritus, Desmodus rotundus, Desmodus sp., Emballonuridae sp. indet., Eptesicus/ Histiotus, Glossophaga sp., Lionycteris spurrelli, Lonchorhina aurita, Micronycteris megalotis, Mimon bennetti, Mimon crenulatum, Molossidae sp. indet., Myotis sp., Natalus stramineus, Phylloderma sp. n., Phyllostomus discolor, Phyllostomus hastatus, Platyrrhinus sp., Pteronotus davyi, Pteronotus parnelli, Sturnira sp., Tonatia sp. n., Lophostoma silvicola, and Trachops cirrhosus. Phyllostomidae was the most speciose family, but surprisingly most of the fossil fragments were attributed to the families Natalidae and Mormoopidae. Both of which are rare in the area today. The population reduction of these hot-humid-cave dwelling species (Natalus and Pteronotus) may suggest the climate of the area was warmer and wetter during some interval of the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene. This study presents the first record of the genera Lionycteris, Lonchorhina and Trachops from the Quaternary of South America. The diversity of Chiroptera found in Serra da Mesa is equivalent to that described for Bahia, which heretofore has the most abundant record for Quaternary bats from South America.