%0 Book Section
%T Quaternary fauna of bats in Spain:Paleoecologic and biogeographic interest
publisher Charles University Pres
%D 1989
%@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60538
%X The study of fossil bat material collected in Quaternary localities inSpain has yielded interesting information on the characteristics of this faunaduring the Pleistocene and Holocene in Spain. Out of the 25 species of Chiropteraactually living in Spain, 15 have been detected from the Middle Pleistoceneonwards: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. euryale, R. mehelyi, R. hipposideros,Myotis myotis, M. bechsteini, M. nattereri, M. emarginatus, Plecotusaustriacus, Eptesicus serotinus, Barbastella barbastellus, Nyctalus leisleri, N.lasiopterus, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, and Miniopterus schreibersi. The presenceof Myotis blythi and Plecotus auritus, quite common in the rest of Europeduring the Pleistocene, and actually present in Spain, cannot be ascertained upto the Holocene.No important morphologic or metric differences with the corresponding extantspecies have been observed; thus we conclude that the use of bats for biostratigraphicalpurposes during the Quaternary is very limited. On the other hand,important changes have been observed in the geographical distribution of somespecies in the Quaternary, compared to the present one; these changes can beinterpreted in paleoecologica1 terms. The study of the association of bat speciespresent in a locality can provide important paleoclimatic information as well.
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