New record of the rare Long-snouted Bat, Platalina genovensium Thomas, 1928 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), in the Azapa valley, northern Chile

By

Ossa, Gonzalo
Vilchez, Karolida
Valladares, Pablo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-3-2

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

1850--4

Subjects

Arica y Parinacota region , columnar cacti , desert ecosystem , echolocation , Lonchophyllinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.2.1850

 

Abstract

Platalina genovensium is a poorly known bat species from the west coast of Peru and Chile, considered as near threatened because of its narrow range of distribution. There are few records in Peru, and only one record in the Azapa valley, northern Chile from the year 1996. Here we report a new record for P. genovensium for the Azapa valley 19 years afterwards, confirming the presence of the species in the Arica y Parinacota region, Chile.