Ricardo Moratelli

Ricardo Moratelli, Brazilian mammalogist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Moratelli, R., Peracchi, A.L., Dias, D. & Oliveira, J.A. 2011. Geographic variation in South American populations of Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with the description of two new species. Mammalian Biology 76(5): 592–607. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.01.003 PDF Reference page.

Dias, D., Esbérard, C.E.L. & Moratelli, R. 2013. A new species of Lonchophylla (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, with comments on L. bokermanni. Zootaxa 3722(3): 347–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.4 Reference page.

Moratelli, R., Dewynter, M., Delaval, M., Catzeflis, F. & Ruedi, M. 2015. First record of Myotis albescens (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in French Guiana. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5314. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5314. Reference page.
Moratelli, R. & Dias, D. 2015. A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from the Caatinga of Brazil (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). Zookeys 514: 73–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.514.10013 Full article Reference page.
Moratelli, R., Idárraga, L. & Wilson, D.E. 2015. Range extension of Myotis midastactus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) to Paraguay. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5708. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5708. Reference page.

Moratelli, R., Wilson, D.E., Novaes, R.L.M., Helgen, K.M. & Gutiérrez, E.E. 2017. Caribbean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 994–1008. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx062 Reference page.

Cláudio, V.C., Barbosa, G.P., Novaes, R.L.M., Rassy, F.B., Rocha, V.J. & Moratelli, R. 2018. Second record of Lasiurus ebenus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with comments on its taxonomic status. Zootaxa 4403(3): 513–522. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.5. Reference page.
Novaes, R.L.M., Garbino, G.S.T., Cláudio, V.C. & Moratelli, R. 2018. Separation of monophyletic groups into distinct genera should consider phenotypic discontinuities: the case of Lasiurini (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 4379(3): 439–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.3.8 Reference page.
Novaes, R.L.M., Wilson, D.E., Ruedi, M. & Moratelli, R. 2018. The taxonomic status of Myotis aelleni Baud, 1979 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 4446(2): 257–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.2.5 Reference page.

Novaes, R.L.M., Cláudio, V.C., Larsen, R.J., Wilson, D.E., Weksler, M. & Moratelli, R. 2021. The taxonomic status of Myotis nesopolus larensis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) and new insights on the diversity of Caribbean Myotis. ZooKeys 1015: 145–167. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1015.59248 Reference page.

Novaes, R.L.M., Wilson, D.E. & Moratelli, R. 2022. Catalogue of primary types of Neotropical Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zookeys 1105: 127–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1105.85055 Reference page.

Cláudio, V.C., Almeida, B., Novaes, R.L.M., Navarro, M.A., Tiepolo, L.M. & Moratelli, R. 2023. Rediscovery of Histiotus alienus Thomas, 1916 a century after its description (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae): distribution extension and redescription. Zookeys 1174: 273–287. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1174.108553 Reference page.

Novaes, R.L.M., Cláudio, V.C., Bertocchi, N.A., Oliveira, K., Semedo, T.B.F., Saldanha, J., Wilson, D.E. & Moratelli, R. 2025. Unveiling the shelf life: a new cryptic species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from South America revealed by an integrative taxonomy approach. Journal of Mammalogy in press. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf016 Reference page.