... Their observations and collections resulted in relevant publications on the species found in the region (Travassos, 1940(Travassos, , 1941Travassos & Freitas, 1942;Pinto, 1948;Ruschi, 1955;Travassos et al., 1957;Sick, 1961). In 1970, specimen collections were made by the Museum of Fauna (formerly Brazilian Institute of Forestry Development) from Fazenda Descalvados, Mato Grosso (Tubelis & Tomas, 2003b), and a multitude of contemporary authors such as Antas (1983), Munn et al. (1989), Yamashita & Valle (1990), Guedes (1993), Antas (1994), Willis (1995), Guedes & Harper (1995), Antas & Nascimento (1996), Oliveira (1997), Yamashita (1997), Pinho (1998), and Tubelis & Tomas (1999) focused on the biology of species and communities through capture, direct observation, and identification of vocalizations (Tubelis & Tomas, 2003b). Additional inventories and records were collated by Weinberg (1984), Antas et al. (1986), Cintra & Yamashita (1990), Willis & Oniki (1990), Lago-Paiva & Willis (1994), Pacheco & Bauer (1994), and Strüssmann (1998). ...