An Ecologically-significant Range Extension for Hahn's Short-tailed Fruit Bat (Carolllia Subrufa) in Southwestern Costa Rica

Authors

Donald A. McFarlane, Claremont McKenna College; Pitzer College; Scripps CollegeFollow
Keith Christenson

Document Type

Article

Department

Biology (CMC), WM Keck Science (CMC), Biology (Pitzer), WM Keck Science (Pitzer), Biology (Scripps), WM Keck Science (Scripps), WM Keck Science

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

A range extension for Hahn's short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia subrufa, is reported which extends the distribution of the species from the Pacific Dry Forest into the Pacific Moist Forest ecoregion. This raises the possibility that the species may be more widely distributed in Costa Rica than currently supposed, adding almost 30,000 km² of potential range.

Comments

Initially published in Chiroptera Neotropical.

Posted with permission from publisher.

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Recommended Citation

Christenson, K. and McFarlane, D. A. (2007). "An ecologically significant range extension for Hahn’s Short-tailed fruit bat, (Carollia subrufa) from southwestern Costa Rica." Chiroptera Neotropical 13(2): 319-321.