New records of the rare Histiotus magellanicus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) and other bats from central Patagonia, Argentina

Histiotus magellanicus (Philippi, 1866) is a poorly known Patagonian bat. Here we report on nine newly captured specimens and one unpublished locality from museum specimen that significantly improve our knowledge of this species' distribution, by incorporating two Argentine provinces and reduci...

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Authors: Giménez, Analía Laura, Giannini, Norberto Pedro, Schiaffini, Mauro Ignacio, Martin, Gabriel Mario
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/198917
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/198917
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:CENTRAL PATAGONIA
DISTRIBUTION
MOLOSSIDAE
VESPERTILIONIDAE
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Summary:Histiotus magellanicus (Philippi, 1866) is a poorly known Patagonian bat. Here we report on nine newly captured specimens and one unpublished locality from museum specimen that significantly improve our knowledge of this species' distribution, by incorporating two Argentine provinces and reducing the distributional gap between northern and southern historical records. The new records confirm H. magellanicus as a Subantarctic Forests endemic. In addition, we report new specimens and localities from four poorly known Patagonian bats for Chubut province: Histiotus macrotus, Myotis chiloensis, Lasiurus varius (Vespertilionidae) and Tadarida brasiliensis (Molossidae).