BATS OF SAINT MARTIN, FRENCH WEST INDIES/SINT MAARTEN, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ...

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Six species of bats have been previously reported from the Antillean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten—Artibeus jamaicensis, Brachyphylla cavernarum, Molossus molossus, Tadarida brasiliensis, Noctilio leporinus, and Myotis nigricans nesopolus. Our field research reported herein documents an additional three species of bats from the island for the first time—Monophyllus plethodon, Ardops nichollsi, and Natalus stramineus. Re-examination of the single voucher of Myotis nigricans nesopolus has led us to exclude this species from the fauna of Sa... Mehr ...