Marcgrave’s horned bat:
the oldest observation made by Europeans of Neotropical foliage-roosting bats
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32673/bjm.vi90.44Keywords:
Artibeus, Dutch Brazil, Fruit bat, Historia Naturallis Brasiliae, StenodermatinaeAbstract
In this contribution, I discuss the taxonomic identity of “Andira aca”, the only bat mentioned by Georges Marcgrave in his work Historia Naturalis Brasilisae (1648). Based on the few mentioned characters, I suggest it to be a frugivorous bat of family Phyllostomidae, subfamily Stenodermatinae, possibly Artibeus sp. A brief review of the reports of bat roosts made by other naturalists in Brazil is made.
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