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1 June 2010 Chiroptera (Mammalia) from the Holocene of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Patrícia Hadler, Jorge Ferigolo, Ana Maria Ribeiro
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Abstract

The Chiroptera do not have an extensive fossil record. To date, for the Quaternary of Brazil, only material from Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Bahia and Goiás States are known. For Rio Grande do Sul State, in contrast to the studies about the Pleistocene megafauna, little is known about Holocene small mammals, this being the first contribution about the Chiroptera of this age found in Rio Grande do Sul. The material was excavated from two archaeological sites, dating from ± 9,400 yrs BP to ± 4,250 yrs BP. The taxa recorded were: Chrotopterus auritus, Pygoderma bilabiatum (Phyllostomidae); Eptesicus brasiliensis, E. fuscus, Myotis cf. Myotis ruber, Vespertilionidae aff. Lasiurus (Vespertilionidae); Tadarida brasiliensis, and Molossus molossus (Molossidae). The presence of E. fuscus extends its Holocene distribution far southwards into the south temperate zone; its previous Quaternary occurrences were in Bahia State, Brazil, as well as in Venezuela, Mexico and the USA.

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Patrícia Hadler, Jorge Ferigolo, and Ana Maria Ribeiro "Chiroptera (Mammalia) from the Holocene of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil," Acta Chiropterologica 12(1), 19-27, (1 June 2010). https://doi.org/10.3161/150811010X504563
Received: 4 July 2009; Accepted: 1 July 2009; Published: 1 June 2010
KEYWORDS
Brazil
Chiroptera
Holocene
Paleobiogeography
Rio Grande do Sul state
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