New data on the distribution of bats (Chiroptera) in Morocco ...

• Main Authors: Benda, Petr, Ruedi, Manuel, Aulagnier, Stéphane
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Barbastella barbastellus; Myotis nattereri; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13414994; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13414994

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) New records of 24 bat species from Morocco are presented, including Rhinopoma microphyllum, Rhinopoma hardwickii, Nycteris thebaica, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinolophus blasii, Hipposideros caffer, Asellia tridens, Myotis punicus, Myotis nattereri, Myotis mystacinus, Eptesicus isabellinus, Hypsugo savii, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus kuhlii, Pipistrellus (kuhlii) deserti, Pipistrellus rueppellii, Nyctalus leisleri, Otonycteris hemprichii, Barbastella barbastellus, Plecotus teneriffae, Miniopterus schreibersii, Tadarida teniotis, and Tadarida aegyptiaca, some of which are only rarely mentioned in the literature. Previously, O. hemprichii and T. aegyptiaca were known from Morocco only from bone remnants. Here, these species are documented from this country for the first time by records of live individuals. P. (k.) deserti is reported from Morocco for the first time. ...