Check List 10(5): 1164-1166, doi: 10.15560/10.5.1164
Distribution extension and new record of Myotis atacamensis (Lataste, 1892) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Chile
Annia Rodríguez-San Pedro‡, Juan Luis Allendes§, María L.C. Castillo‡, Diego A. Peñaranda|, Francisco T. Peña-Gómez‡‡ Universidad de Chile; Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Chile (PCMCh), Chile§ Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Chile (PCMCh), Chile| iversidad de Chile; Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Chile (PCMCh),
Corresponding author: Annia Rodríguez-San Pedro ( sanpedro@ug.uchile.cl ) © 2017 Annia Rodríguez-San Pedro, Juan Allendes, María Castillo, Diego Peñaranda, Francisco Peña-Gómez. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Rodríguez-San Pedro A, Peñaranda D, Allendes J, Castillo M, Peña-Gómez F (2014) Distribution extension and new record of Myotis atacamensis (Lataste, 1892) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Chile. Check List 10(5): 1164-1166. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.5.1164 |  |
Abstract
Myotis atacamensis is a poorly known bat species endemic to the central portion of the pacific coast of South America, where it is known from the province of Lambayeque, Peru (latitude 5° S), to the province of Elqui (latitude 30° S), Chile. Here, we report the first record of M. atacamensis for the province of Choapa (latitude 31° S, Coquimbo Region) in Chile. This is the southernmost record of the species within Chile and South America, extending its geographic range ca. 200 km southward.
Keywords
vespertilionid bat; Choapa province; South America