Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818)

Cláudio, Vinícius C., Barbosa, Gedimar P., Rocha, Vlamir J. & Rassy, Ricardo Moratelli Fabrício B., 2020, The bat fauna (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Carlos Botelho State Park, Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil, including new distribution records for the state of São Paulo, Zoologia (e 36514) 37, pp. 1-32 : 14

Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818)

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Taxonomy. The distinction between A. lituratus and A. fimbriatus is discussed above. A. lituratus can be externally distinguished from A. planirostris and A. obscurus by its larger size; well-marked facial stripes (poorly marked to absent on the other two); lack of ventral frosting (present on the other two species); base of the noseleaf attached to the upper lip, while is always separated in A. planirostris and in some A. obscurus ; and dorsal side of the uropatagium densely furred, which is almost naked in A. planirostris and A. obscurus . Artibeus lituratus can also be distinguished from A. planirostris by the presence of dense fur on the dorsal side of the forearm (almost naked in A. planirostris ). Additionally, A. lituratus has short dorsal fur (6–8 mm), which is longer in A. obscurus (8–10 mm – Koepcke and Kraft 1984, Marques-Aguiar 1994, 2008, Haynes and Lee Jr 2004, Hollis 2005, Zortéa 2007, Dias and Peracchi 2008, Araújo and Langguth 2010). The PECB specimens (ZSP 015, 056; see Table 6 for measurements) identified as A. lituratus have bicolored dorsal fur, with grayish brown basal band and chocolate brown tips; ventral fur weakly bicolored with pale brown basis and grayish tips, frosting absent. Uropatagium and forearm are densely furred, the facial stripes are bright and well markedwell-marked, the edge of ears and tragus are yellowish, the dorsal fur ranges from 7.7 to 8.9 mm in lenghtlength and the noseleaf base is attached to the upper lip.

Distribution. In Brazil, the species is recorded in all biomes and states ( Tavares et al. 2008, Reis et al. 2017). In São Paulo, the species is also widely distributed, occurring in all the vegetational formations ( Garbino 2016).

Field observations. We captured 10 specimens, seven of which (4 males and 3 females) were taken in ground-level mist-nets in sampling sites M6, M18, M19, M21, M22 and M32; and three (1 male and 2 females) in mist-nets elevated 8 m in sampling sites M15, M20 and M24 (Appendix 1). Captures occurred in November, January, February, March, May and September. We netted lactating females in January, March and November; and juveniles in September.