Histiotus magellanicus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) is not restricted to Subantarctic forests: first record for the Coastal Maulino Forest in central Chile

ANNIA RODRIGUEZ-SAN PEDRO; BARQUEZ R.M.; JAVIER A. SIMONETTI

Check List Journal

Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental

Año: 2015 vol. 11 p. 1 - 3

The southern Big-Eared Brown Bat, Histiotus magellanicus, is a poorly known vespertilionid occurring only in southern Chile and Argentina, where it appears to be restricted to Valdivian Temperate Forests and Magellanic Subpolar Forests. Here we report the first record of H. magellanicus in the Maulino Temperate For- est of central Chile, a Mediterranean-climate ecosystem, suggesting that the species might not be exclusive to subantarctic forests, as previously thought. This consti- tutes the northernmost continental record for the spe- cies, extending its range ca. 400 km the previous known northern locality.