Abstract

With the aim of broadening the knowledge on the distribution of the bats in Catalonia, between the years 2004 and 2009 it has been carried out an important effort of survey: 556 sessions of capture, 317 reviews of shelters, 3,336 reviews of 788 bat boxes and 2,663 sessions of bat detectors (22,683 minutes of sounds analysed) in all type of habitats situated between 0 and 2,700 meters above sea level. Information data has been obtained for 26 species of bats in 594 new grids of UTM 10x10 km. Besides, new information of the more little known species like: Nyctalus lasiopterus, Myotis alcathoe, Myotis mystacinus, Myotis escalerai, Myotis sp1, Myotis bechsteinii and Plecotus macrobullaris, has been updated. According to the existing datum the study propose a category of conservation (red list) of all the species of Catalonia and invite to promote to followup ecological studies for a correct management and conservation of the bats of Catalonia.

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