MammaliaPub Date : 2024-04-03DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098
Aye Myat Thu, Ye Htet Lwin, Rui-Chang Quan
{"title":"Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist","authors":"Aye Myat Thu, Ye Htet Lwin, Rui-Chang Quan","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098","url":null,"abstract":"When the book <jats:italic>Wild mammals of Myanmar</jats:italic> (Tun Yin 1993) was published, a total of 252 mammal species were reported. Since that publication, numerous new species have been described, taxonomic revisions published, and additional distribution records produced that have expanded Myanmar’s mammals considerably. Therefore, we aimed to provide an updated checklist of the mammals of Myanmar, which includes the scientific and common names, global and Myanmar distributions, remarks on taxonomy, and conservation information including the IUCN Red List status and legal protection status under <jats:italic>The Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law 2018</jats:italic> of Myanmar. Our new checklist includes 365 (33 marine and 332 terrestrial) mammal species belonging to 13 orders and 49 families. We also confirmed that Myanmar is home to at least nine endemic mammal species. Our results highlight the areas that require further exploration to gain a more comprehensive understanding of Myanmar’s diverse fauna.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140600831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tapestry of habitats: exploring abundance and habitat preferences of the Northern Red Muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis) across the Central Himalayan landscape","authors":"Chandra Maya Sharma, Saurav Bhattacharjee, Amira Sharief, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Mukesh Thakur, Lalit Kumar Sharma","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0150","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the occupancy and density estimate of Northern Red Muntjac (<jats:italic>Muntiacus vaginalis</jats:italic>) at a landscape scale is crucial due to their significant ecological impact on ecosystems, particularly as prey for large predators. This study employed a single-season site occupancy model to assess the occupancy and density of Northern Red Muntjac using camera traps in the east Sikkim and Darjeeling hills Central Himalayan landscape from 2018 to 2020. A total of 513 photo captures of Northern Red Muntjac were obtained from 3150 trap nights with a naive occupancy estimate of 0.64 for the Central Himalayan landscape. The top model revealed positive influences of broadleaved forest (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.93 ± 0.26), mixed forest (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.6 ± 0.47), and slope (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.2 ± 0.24) on the occupancy probability, while elevation (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = −0.08 ± 0.24) and ruggedness (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = −0.53 ± 0.23) had negative influences. Similarly, broadleaved forest (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 1.3 ± 0.24), mixed forest (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.74 ± 0.39), and ruggedness (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = 0.62 ± 0.25) positively influenced the detection probability, whereas elevation (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = −0.3 ± 0.22) and slope (<jats:italic>β</jats:italic> = −1.13 ± 1.21) had negative effects. The study estimated a total abundance of 169.23 ± 20.77 individuals with a density of 0.33 per square kilometre in the landscape. This study is a pioneering effort and provides a foundation for future investigations into the occupancy and density estimate of Northern Red Muntjac in the Central Himalayas.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140600917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MammaliaPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0063
Rajkumar D. Patel, Vinodkumar Kulkarni, Shraddha Kumari K., Honnavalli N. Kumara, Karunakaran P. V., Babu Santhanakrishnan, Rajesh Puttaswamaiah
{"title":"New distribution and breeding record of Wroughton’s free-tailed bat (Otomops wroughtoni) (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Meghalaya, India","authors":"Rajkumar D. Patel, Vinodkumar Kulkarni, Shraddha Kumari K., Honnavalli N. Kumara, Karunakaran P. V., Babu Santhanakrishnan, Rajesh Puttaswamaiah","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0063","url":null,"abstract":"The Wroughton’s free-tailed bat (<jats:italic>Otomops wroughtoni)</jats:italic> is classified as Data Deficient under IUCN Red List due to inadequate information on its distribution, population, and ecology. The species was previously recorded from Belgaum district of Karnataka and from East Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills districts of Meghalaya and from Cambodia, represented by a single specimen. Through our study on Chiroptera taxa across 19 Community Reserves between October 2021 and January 2022 using physical search, mist netting and acoustic study we have identified a new colony of <jats:italic>O. wroughtoni</jats:italic> from the Mikadogre village in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, which extends the current distribution to 135 km from the nearest known distribution site. Interestingly, unlike other known roosts of <jats:italic>O. wroughtoni</jats:italic> which are in large caves with high roofs and deep crevices or cupolas, this roost was in the open limestone cliff located next to a stream. In addition to this, we have also documented the breeding colony of the species from a previously known site at Pynurkba. This new finding emphasises that there are more potential roosts across the Northeast region of India with similar habitats and altitudes waiting to be identified.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140600841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MammaliaPub Date : 2024-03-19DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0123
Alejandro Antonio Castro-Luna, Rosa María González-Marín, Jorge Galindo-González, Omar Antonio Hernández-Dávila
{"title":"Importance of riparian vegetation and wood-pastures in the maintenance of bat assemblages in a highly fragmented landscape in Veracruz, Mexico","authors":"Alejandro Antonio Castro-Luna, Rosa María González-Marín, Jorge Galindo-González, Omar Antonio Hernández-Dávila","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0123","url":null,"abstract":"To investigate whether trees and palms scattered in pastures contribute to the maintenance of bat assemblages in landscapes highly fragmented by livestock farming activities, we evaluated the bat assemblages and foraging guilds between wooded pastures and riparian vegetation. Using mist nets, we captured 1013 bats from 29 species and four taxonomic families. We found that the abundance, richness, and composition of bat species were not significantly different between vegetation types. Frugivores were the most abundant guild, and their abundance did not differ between vegetation types, indicating that wood-pastures allow the presence of these bats in the landscape. On the other hand, insectivores were more abundant in riparian vegetation and, interestingly, nectarivores were more abundant in pastures, likely due to the great plasticity of species of the genus <jats:italic>Glossophaga</jats:italic>. Our results are encouraging, since they demonstrate that a rustic pasture management that promoting the presence of scattered trees and palms along with belts of riparian vegetation, allows the maintenance of bat assemblages in a highly fragmented landscape.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"146 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140165960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MammaliaPub Date : 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0099
Cynthia Salzgeber, Fred Victor de Oliveira, Fernando Araújo Perini, Maria Clara do Nascimento
{"title":"First record of Peropteryx leucoptera (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) for the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil and additional records for the Amazon and Atlantic Rainforest","authors":"Cynthia Salzgeber, Fred Victor de Oliveira, Fernando Araújo Perini, Maria Clara do Nascimento","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0099","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:italic>Peropteryx leucoptera</jats:italic> is a widespread species in the Neotropics but with a disjunct distribution in Northern South America and a separated population in the Atlantic Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Here we present new records of this species for Northeastern Brazil, the first records for the Caatinga biome and for the states of Bahia and Rondônia. These new records represent a major range extension and establishes a new southern limit of occurrence for the species. We also examined and provide measurements of other specimens and present an updated map with the distribution of <jats:italic>P. leucoptera</jats:italic> in South America.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140165848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MammaliaPub Date : 2024-03-16DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0110
Tamily C.M. Santos, Gerson P. Lopes, Roberto Leonan M. Novaes, Vinícius C. Cláudio, João Valsecchi, Andrezza S.V. Hirota, José G. Martínez-Fonseca, Marcelo H. Marcos, Adriana A. Kuniy, Maria Clara do Nascimento
{"title":"Filling the gap of distribution of the pale-winged dog-like bat Peropteryx pallidoptera (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) in Brazil and Peru","authors":"Tamily C.M. Santos, Gerson P. Lopes, Roberto Leonan M. Novaes, Vinícius C. Cláudio, João Valsecchi, Andrezza S.V. Hirota, José G. Martínez-Fonseca, Marcelo H. Marcos, Adriana A. Kuniy, Maria Clara do Nascimento","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0110","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:italic>Peropteryx pallidoptera</jats:italic> is the newest described species of <jats:italic>Peropteryx</jats:italic>, know from only few localities in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, and Bolivia. Herein, we report new records of this species, and we show that <jats:italic>P</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pallidoptera</jats:italic> has a wider distribution than known across the Amazon. Our records are based on field sampling and, mostly, on museum vouchers, which reinforces the importance of biological collections and the need to continually review deposited specimens.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140149394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Placentophagia and birth-associated behaviours of the fulvous fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaultii) from the Western Ghats, India","authors":"Nithin Divakar, Kambrath Deepak, Mohankumar Ahirbudhnyan, Mini Sathyan Vishal Gautham, Peroth Balakrishnan","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0059","url":null,"abstract":"Placentophagia is a natural behaviour in mammals. Although placentophagia has been reported from 18 species of bats so far, the instance from the wild are infrequent. <jats:italic>Rousettus leschenaultii</jats:italic> is a widely distributed species across South and Southeast Asia, and is consistently described as a common species throughout its range. However, the ecology of this species is poorly known according to the latest IUCN assessment. Through this note, we provide the first recorded instance of placentophagia and birth-associated behaviours of this species in the wild.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140074893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MammaliaPub Date : 2024-03-07DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0112
Laura Maria Barajas-Rebolledo, Edwar Guarín, Néstor Roncancio Duque, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves
{"title":"Medium and large mammals in an Andean National Park in southwestern Colombia","authors":"Laura Maria Barajas-Rebolledo, Edwar Guarín, Néstor Roncancio Duque, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0112","url":null,"abstract":"The Complejo Volcánico Doña Juana – Cascabel National Natural Park is located between the departments of Cauca and Nariño in the southern Andean Region of Colombia. Due to the country’s social challenges and the difficult access to the Doña Juana – Cascabel National Natural Park the biological knowledge concerning groups such as mammals, is based on studies prior to the park’s declaration, reports from park rangers and residents. Between October 2017 and February 2018, eight trail cameras were set up in the Doña Juana – Cascabel National Natural Park and its buffer zone. We reviewed the information captured in these cameras and identified eight mammal species, three of which are new reports for the park. In total, 24 species were reported, including charismatic Andean species such as the spectacled bear (<jats:italic>Tremarctos ornatus</jats:italic>), and the Andean tapir (<jats:italic>Tapirus pinchaque</jats:italic>). The mammal diversity documented for the park is low (24 species) compared to other Andean areas. Further field work is necessary to complete the species inventories. Nevertheless, this research, to our knowledge is the first effort to study the medium and large mammals of the Doña Juana – Cascabel National Natural Park since its establishment in 2008.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140074937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MammaliaPub Date : 2024-03-07DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0087
Javier Barrio
{"title":"An updated distribution of the Andean swamp rat Neotomys ebriosus along the Peruvian Andes with notes on habitat use and taxonomy","authors":"Javier Barrio","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0087","url":null,"abstract":"The Andean swamp rat <jats:italic>Neotomys ebriosus</jats:italic> is a sigmodontine rodent restricted to the Central Andes of South America. A distribution map of the species in Peru have been previously drawn based on few of the localities where the species has been captured and collected. I update the distribution of the species in Peru based on new records from three different areas surveyed by the author, specimens at Museum collections in the United States and France from VertNet webpage, localities from the collection at the Natural History Museum of Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, and localities from the collection at the Natural History Museum of the Universidad Nacional San Agustín. The northern limit of the species distribution is increased based on new localities with collected individuals. Habitat used by <jats:italic>N. ebriosus</jats:italic> is mainly high Andean bogs; most individuals caught adjacent to the borders of Andean bogs and along streams near the bogs. Collected individuals leave unclear subspecies division and identity.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140074939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MammaliaPub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0092
Camila Sofía González Noschese, Melanie Rodríguez De La Fuente, Ivanna Haydee Tomasco, Rocío Tatiana Sánchez, María Mónica Díaz
{"title":"New records of Histiotus montanus and Neoeptesicus ulapesensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Argentina","authors":"Camila Sofía González Noschese, Melanie Rodríguez De La Fuente, Ivanna Haydee Tomasco, Rocío Tatiana Sánchez, María Mónica Díaz","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0092","url":null,"abstract":"New records are provided for two species of bat from Argentina belonging to the family Vespertilionidae, <jats:italic>Histiotus montanus</jats:italic> and the recently described <jats:italic>Neoeptesicus ulapesensis</jats:italic>. These data extend the range of both species incorporating them into two new provinces. One record comes from the revision of a specimen deposited in the Colección Mamíferos Lillo for more than six decades, highlighting the importance of biological collections for studying the systematics and distribution of species.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139768124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}