The currently known distribution of the Austral Patagonian and Fuegian bats

• Main Authors: Fabian M. Jaksic, David R. Martínez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Concepción 2024
• Subjects: Histiotus; Lasiurus; Magallanes; Myotis; Tadarida; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Zoology; QL1-991; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/407e410c209a4ef88e40d743f0cc0cbf

We report the currently existing 31 records for Austral Patagonian and Fuegian bats spanning from 1866 to 2022. The Vespertilionidae were: Myotis chiloensis, Histiotus magellanicus, and Lasiurus varius, and the Molossidae was Tadarida brasiliensis. The former two species were recorded at forested sites along a swath that runs NW-SE for about 670 km from Torres del Paine in continental Magallanes to Tierra del Fuego and Navarino islands. Those forests were Coihue-Canelo (Nothofagus betuloides-Drymis winteri), Coihue-Lenga (N. betuloides-N. pumilio), Lenga (N. pumilio-Maytenus disticha), or Ñirre shrubland (N. antarctica-Chiliotrichum difussum). Only one record for each of Lasiurus varius, Histiotus magellanicus, and Tadarida brasiliensis were located in steppe environments of Festuca gracillima-Chiliotrichum difussum but were centered at human habitations and surrounding orchards or plantations, and their presence therein may be deemed accidental.