New records of bats (Chiroptera) from Santa Cruz province (Argentina) and the southernmost record of Lasiurus varius (Poeppig, 1835) for Argentina

DIAZ, M MONICA; VALENZUELA, ALEJANDRO; STURZENBAUM SILVINA; BARQUEZ RUBÉN M.

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Biotaxa

Lugar: Rio de Janeiro; Año: 2017 vol. 13 p. 1 - 5

1809-127X

Here, we report new records for the distribution in Argentina of 3 bat species from the family Vespertilionidae: Lasi- urus varius (Poeppig, 1835), Histiotus magellanicus (Philippi, 1866), and Myotis chiloensis (Waterhouse, 1838). The range of L. varius is extended by more than 800 km south of the previous known limit, representing the southernmost known occurrence for the species in Argentina. The new information for M. chiloensis lls a previous existing gap be- tween records known from Chubut and Tierra del Fuego. Similarly, the new record of H. magellanicus also completes its known distribution in the Santa Cruz province.