El registro de murciélagos con coloración atípica se ha incrementado en los últimos años, y la terminología que se emplea para reconocer los fenotipos es confusa. Los objetivos del presente trabajo fueron: recopilar, clasificar y catalogar los casos de fenotipos atípicos para Norte y Centroamérica e islas del Caribe entre 1930 y 2014, y documentar 9 casos adicionales para México y Costa Rica. Todos los registros sumaron 317 casos de 25 especies, 17 géneros y 4 familias, provenientes de 6 países. Los ejemplares se agruparon en 4 categorías fenotípicas; la más común fue manchas blancas, con 274 registros, seguida de albino con 23, no agouti con 11 y descolorido con 4; además, 5 ejemplares tuvieron un fenotipo combinado. Los casos adicionales para México corresponden a 5 Artibeus lituratus, un Glossophaga soricina y el primer registro de Sturnira parvidens y de Nyctinomops femorosaccus. También se documentó el segundo caso para Costa Rica, Molossus sinaloae. Se desconocen las causas de la coloración atípica en los murciélagos. Se requiere de estudios genéticos y moleculares para entender su origen y el posible impacto en las poblaciones de murciélagos. Derechos Reservados © 2016 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología. Este es un artículo de acceso abierto distribuido bajo los términos de la Licencia Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

To investigate if non-hematophagous bats play a role in outbreaks of rabies and blue eye disease (LPMV), we studied the seroprevalence against both agents in several species of non-hematophagous bats on the sub-tropical Pacific coast of the state of Colima, Mexico. The survey covered a predominantly agricultural area (disturbed), and an area dominated by semideciduous dry forest (undisturbed). A total of 151 non-hematophagous bats of 16 species were captured from the two areas. Fifty-six (37%) had antirabic antibodies (Ab) while 87 (58%) did not and 8 samples (5%) had to be discarded because of hemolysis. A much lower (P<0.05) prevalence of antirabic Ab was found in bats caught in disturbed areas (22.7%) compared with those from undisturbed areas (51.9%). The presence of antirabic Ab was not related to sex, genera or feeding habits. The higher prevalence found in bats in the undisturbed area may be the result of more frequent interspecies encounters. Of the 108 sera analyzed for antibodies against LPMV, only one was positive (a male Rhogeessa parvula major, captured in the undisturbed area). This suggests that bats in the surveyed localities do not play a role in the epidemiology of LPMV.

Aim To investigate the relationship between chiropteran species distributions and four fundamental environmental factors — temperature, precipitation, soil and vegetation — and to construct a species richness prediction map based on the environmental factors. Location The state of Michoacán, México. Methods Bat specimens collected during a 2‐year project were combined with museum specimens to form a dataset of over 3200 entries pertaining to 71 species of bats. Coordinates of the collection localities were recorded with GPS receivers or determined from maps. ArcView GIS was used to characterize the distribution of the species relative to the four environmental factors by projecting coordinates of the collection sites onto digitized maps of those factors. Correspondence analysis (CA) was used to evaluate the relationship between species distributions and the environmental factors. Results The CA results indicated that the order of importance of these factors is (from highest to lowest): temperature, vegetation, precipitation and soil. A predicted distribution map was constructed for each species of bat, based on the result of the CA analysis, using correspondences of each species to climate, vegetation and precipitation. Soil types were excluded from the prediction model because soil type does not appear to carry high predictive value for bat species in Michoacán. Distribution maps of the 71 bat species were then overlaid to generate a map of bat species richness for the state of Michoacán. Main conclusions  Neither family membership nor feeding guild affiliation appear to play important roles in chiropteran species distributions in Michoacán. The bat species richness prediction map will be a useful tool for conservation works in the region.

RESUMEN Presentamos 11 nuevos registros de aves procedentes de localidades del extremo noreste del estado de Hidalgo. Además, se indica la ampliación del área de distribución de Tigrisoma mexicanum. Los sitios de muestreo corresponden a parches de selva mediana subperennifolia, bosque mesófilo de montaña, vegetación riparia y áreas perturbadas. De las especies registradas, Vireo atricapilla es considerada en Peligro de Extinción por la NOM-059-ECOL-2001. ABSTRACT We report here 11 new records of birds from several localities on the northeast of the state of Hidalgo. In addition, the extension of the area of distribution of Tigrisoma mexicanum is indicated. Sampling sites have patches of evergreen seasonal forest, cloud forest, riparian and disturbed habitats. Of the recorded species, Vireo atricapilla is considered as Endangered by the NOM-059-ECOL-2001.

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