%0 Journal Article

%A López-Baucells, Adrià

%A Flaquer, Carles 

%A Puig-Montserrat, Xavier 

%A Freixas, Lídia 

%A Mohamed, Lotfi 

%D 2012

%T Actualización del inventario de quirópteros y refugios en Ceuta: primera cita de Pipistrellus pygmaeus en el norte de África

%J Barbastella, Journal of Bat Research

%V 5

%N 1

%P 43-50

%! Actualización del inventario de quirópteros y refugios en Ceuta: primera cita de Pipistrellus pygmaeus en el norte de África

%O Barb

%R http://dx.doi.org/10.14709/BarbJ.5.1.2012.07

%K Ceuta

roosts

Cave dwelling bats

Pipistrellus pygmaeus

Myotis punicus

Rhinolophus hipposideros

ultrasounds

bat conservation

%X Recent knowledge of the bat populations of Ceuta was deficient for both forest and cave-dwelling species, whose refuges had not been correctly monitored in recent years (some of them not visited for 18 years). On these grounds, new surveys have been conducted using mist nets and bat detectors and visits to shelters. Although the number of bats species in Ceuta has been increased by two and two new phonic groups, generally speaking we observed a decline in cave-dwelling bats, with just three breeding colonies of Rhinolophus hipposideros and few or none of the following species: Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus blasii, Myotis capaccinii and Miniopterus schreibersii. The entrance to La Mina de la Fuente, a roost that had once housed four species of bats, had collapsed and was reopened. Mist netting and bat detector sessions revealed low activity rates. Particularly it is important to highlight the first record of Pipistrellus pygmaeus in Africa. In light of these new surveys we recommend that the roosts of cave-dwelling bats be monitored annually (especially La Mina de la Fuente). 

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