PRESENCIA DEL MURCIÉLAGO RATONERO PARDO Myotis emarginatus (Geoffroy, 1806) (CHIROPTERA: VESPERTILIONIDAE) EN MALLORCA (ISLAS BALEARES)

espanolSe documenta por primera vez la presencia del murcielago ratonero pardo (Myotis emarginatus) (Geoffroy, 1806) en la isla de Mallorca, en un tunel abandonado de Algaida. Se capturo y midio una hembra a la que se le extrajo una muestra de piel del plagiopatagio para analisis del ADN. Esta nueva cita eleva a 18 el numero de especies de quiropteros en la isla de Mallorca, y pone de manifiesto la necesidad de dedicar un mayor esfuerzo al conocimiento de este orden en las islas Baleares. EnglishThe presence in the island of Mallorca of the Geoffroy’s bat (Myotis emarginatus) (Geoffroy, 1806) is reported for the first time from a single adult female. This bat was captured in an abandoned tunnel in Algaida. External measures, wing-punches for posterior DNA analyses and pictures were obtained to document the capture before releasing the bat in the same cavity. With this new record, a total of 18 bat species are at present reported from Mallorca Island. This finding clearly supports the necessity of increasing basic research to establish accurate check-lists of this group of mammals.