First record of Daubenton’s bat Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817), for the Balearic Islands (Spain)
During a bat diversity survey in the s’Albufera des Grau Natural Park, nordest Minorca (Balearic Islands) and carried out in summer 2008, a total of 11 different species were identified in the area. In this survey, we captured for the first time Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii), being this...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/49162 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/49162 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Bats Chiroptera Menorca Balearic Islands Myotis daubentonii |
| Sumario: | During a bat diversity survey in the s’Albufera des Grau Natural Park, nordest Minorca (Balearic Islands) and carried out in summer 2008, a total of 11 different species were identified in the area. In this survey, we captured for the first time Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii), being this the first record of this species not only for Minorca Island but also for the Balearic Archipelago. In fact, a total of 15 individuals (11 males and 4 females) of M. daubentonii were either mist-netted or hand-netted during the survey indicating the presence of a permanent population of this species on the island, and being Daubenton's bat together with M. emarginatus the only two bats found only in Minorca Island. This finding raises interesting questions about the colonization route followed by the species and indicates the importance of carrying out this type of surveys in order to achieve accurate estimates of the Balearic biodiversity and in order to establish appropriate conservation policies |
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