Database of bats captured on the Dois Irmãos campus of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Resumo

This database provides information on the composition, species richness, and abundance of bats captured on the Dois Irmãos campus of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, located in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A survey of the bat fauna associated with the aforementioned university campus was conducted at six capture stations from May 2006 to April 2007, using six mist nets, with a total capture effort of 15.120 m2.h/net at each station. A spreadsheet was compiled with information on the capture (biome, state, municipality, type of environment, locality, campus area, capture station, latitude, longitude, capture method, climatic season, month, year, time of the day) and on the captured species (field number, Phylum Class, Order, Family, Subfamily, common and scientific name, diet, weight (g), sex, age, length of right forearm (mm), reproductive condition, presence of alopecia, destination of the animal, and conservation status according to IUCN, ICMBIo, and CITES). The data in this paper contains valuable historical information on the bat fauna associated with UFRPE's Dois Irmãos campus, which is considered a Green Area Protection Property (Imóvel de Proteção de Área Verde - IPAV, in Portuguese) in the city of Recife, totally inserted in an urban environment and bordering the Dois Irmãos State Park (Parque Estadual de Dois Irmãos, in Portuguese), a State Protected Area.