VETINDEX

Periódicos Brasileiros em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

p. 305-306

First occurrence of the genus Diclidurus Wied, 1820 (Emballonuridae: Emballonurinae) in central Brazil

M. R. Bezerra, AlexandraS. Cunha, Adriano

The genus Diclidurus Wied, 1820 includes four species currently recognized, D. albusWied, 1820, D. ingens Henandez-Camacho, 1955, D. isabellus (Thomas, 1920), and D. scutatus Peters, 1869 (Jones and Hood 1993; Simmons 2005). Diclidurus inhabits moister areas from tropical and semidecidual forests from Mexico to southern Brazil (Eisenberg and Redford 1999, Peracchi et al. 2006).