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Underrepresentation of bats in Africa's protected areas. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Biodiversity is severely threatened globally, with habitat loss and other human pressures accelerating species extinctions. Protected areas (PAs) are a critical conservation tool; however, their effectiveness in safeguarding many taxa, such as bats, remains unclear.
Montauban C +9 more
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Wing Morphology, Foraging Strategies, and Flight Performance in Six Sympatric Species of Molossid Bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Argentina. [PDF]
Integr Org BiolSynopsis Differences in total wing area and shape have long been emphasized in relation to flight and foraging performance in bats. Molossid have a high species richness in the northern portion of Argentina, with many of them coexisting in sympatry and ...
Argoitia MA, Teta P, Cassini GH.
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Mammalia (Paris), 2023 Although 13 species of the genus Eumops have been documented in South America, none of them had been previously reported in Chile. Based on acoustic surveys, we report here the first record of this genus for the country.
Annia Rodríguez‐San Pedro +4 more
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First record of two molossid bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Piauí state and distributional review for Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2013 The Family Molossidae has a cosmopolitan distribution; it is common in urban areas as well as in agricultural and forested environments. In Brazil, the group comprises seven genera with 25 species.
Roberto Novaes +4 more
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Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2023 Nos últimos anos houve um aumento de registros de morcegos com colorações atípicas, porém, ainda não se sabe a frequência desse fenômeno nas populações e como essas alterações interferem na história de vida desses animais.
Elizabete Captivo Lourenço +4 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Bats are reservoirs of diverse coronaviruses (CoVs), including progenitors of severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV) and SARS-CoV-2. In the Americas, there is a contrast between alphacoronaviruses (alphaCoVs) and betaCoVs: while cospeciation ...
Diego A. Caraballo +10 more
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Second capture of Promops centralis (Chiroptera) in French Guiana after 28 years of mist-netting and description of its echolocation and distress calls [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2020 The Amazonian basin harbours some of the most bat-diverse ecosystems worldwide. Yet, information on elusive, high-flying bat species such as Molossidae is scarce or virtually missing in the literature, which hampers conservation efforts both locally and ...
Jérémy S.P. FROIDEVAUX +8 more
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Revalidation of Promops davisoni Thomas (Molossidae)
, 2010 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) This paper focuses on the study of inter- and intraspecific variation within the genus Promops in order to evaluate the taxonomic status of some taxa, particularly P. davisoni Thomas, 1921. We analyzed 183 specimens representing all nominal taxa described for the genus, and studied pelage and ...
Renato Gregorin
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Mammalogy Notes, 2023 El murciélago cara de perro del Mato Grosso (Neoplatymops mattogrossensis), tiene hábitos muy pobremente conocidos. Presentamos datos sobre su historia natural (estructura poblacional, temperatura y humedad relativa en el interior y exterior de los ...
Luis H. Acosta Salvatierra +7 more
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Data in Brief, 2020 The mastiff bat Molossus is a broadly distributed genus within the family Molossidae. Molossus includes groups of species that are either morphologically or genetically very similar, rendering the taxonomy of this genus confusing and unstable.
Livia O. Loureiro +2 more
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