The bats of the argentine chaco

BARQUEZ, R. M.; OJEDA, R. A.

ANNALS OF CARNEGIE MUSEUM

CARNEGIE MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY

Lugar: Pittsburgh, PA; Año: 1992 vol. 61 p. 239 - 261

0097-4463

An annotated checklist for all known species of bats occuring in the Argentine Chaco is provided, also an analysis of their distribution along three clearly differentiated areas: the Western, the Eastern and the Central Chaco. The western and eastern portions have the largest number of species, with 31 each, while the central portion have only 14 species. This difference in richness is related to the contact of the Chaco with the humid and transitional habitats, next to the western and eastern subregions. We also offer a comparition with the Chaco of Paraguay and Bolivia, also some general comments about taxonomy, feeding guilds, abundance and reproduction.