New records of bats (Chiroptera) from Santa Cruz province (Argentina) and the southernmost record of Lasiurus varius (Poeppig, 1835) for Argentina
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Abstract
Here, we report new records for the distribution in Argentina of 3 bat species from
the family Vespertilionidae: Lasiurus 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 fills a previous existing gap between 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.