Caracterização da biodiversidade de morcegos (chiroptera) na floresta nacional de palmares - Altos – Piauí

Abstract

In Brazil, nine families of bats have been cataloged until the present moment. In the state of Piauí, there are records of all the representatives of these families, which points out the great diversity of these faunistic individuals for our region. This study aimed to perform a survey of the diversity of the chiropterofauna in the Palmares National Forest Conservation Unit. Collection campaigns were developed at FLONA / Palmares, located at BR-343 in Altos-Piauí, for 11 months. The vegetation consists basically of semideciduous Seasonal Forest embedded in an ecotone area between different morphoclimatic domains. Twenty - eight specimens were collected from 13 species belonging to the Emballonuridae, Mormoopidae and Phyllostomidae families, the latter being the most representative. The most abundant species were Carollia perspicillata, Artibeus lituratus and Sturnira tildae. The first record of Saccopteryx leptura Trinicterys nicefori, Sturnira tildae and Lophostoma silvicolum in the state was presented. Biodiversity studies are essential in view of the need to develop conservation strategies in the Caatinga biome.