Migratory Pollinators Program
Table 1.
Observations
of bats in Sonora, Mexico, arranged by vegetation type and municipio.
CM = Choeronycteris
mexicana IS = Insectivorous species LC = Leptonycteris curasoae LS = Lasiurus sp. LSG = Leptonycterus sign MC = Macrotus californicus MS = Macrotus sp. MA = Myotis auriculus MF = Myotus fortdens PP = Pteronotus parnellii TB = Tadarida brasiliensis | F
= Females FWY = Females with young MR = Maternity roost for Leptos TR = Transition roost for Leptos DGR = desert grassland FTS = Foothills thornscrub TDF = Tropical deciduous forest SDS = Sonoran desertscrub |
Sonoran Desert Subdivisions: AZU = Arizona Upland, CGC = Central Gulf Coast, LCV = Lower Colorado River Valley, PSD = Plains of Sonora desertscrub.
Site No. | Nearest Municipio | Vegetation | Species | # Bats | Notes |
1 | Cucurpe |
AZU | LC, MC, IS | <100 | MR, 20-25 FWY |
2 | Guaymas |
CGC | LC | unknown | TR |
3 | Guaymas |
CGC | LC | <10,000 | MR |
4 | Guaymas |
CGC | LC | >10,000 | |
5 | Hermosillo |
CGC | LC, MC | 312 Leptos | TR |
6 | Hermosillo |
CGC | LC |
unknown | |
7 | Hermosillo |
CGC | LC |
unknown | |
8 | Pitiquito |
CGC | LC | 4,000 | |
9 | Pitiquito |
CGC | TB | >100,000 | |
10 | Pitiquito |
CGC | LSG |
unknown | |
11 | Imuris |
DGR | IS | <1000 | |
12 | Arivechi |
FTS | MC |
unknown | |
13 | Arivechi |
FTS | unknown |
unknown | Bats heard |
14 | Bacanora |
FTS | None | ||
15 | Bacanora |
FTS | Unknown |
unknown | |
16 | Bacanora |
FTS | MA, MC, TB, |
unknown | |
17 | Moctezuma |
FTS | LSG, MC, MF, PP | >100 | |
18 | Moctezuma |
FTS | unknown |
unknown | Bats heard |
19 | Moctezuma |
FTS | unknown |
unknown | |
20 | Nacozari |
FTS | None | ||
21 | Sahuaripa |
FTS | CM |
unknown | |
22 | Sahuaripa |
FTS | CM, TB |
unknown | |
23 | San Miguel de Horcasitas |
FTS | unknown |
unknown | Bats heard |
24 | San Miguel de Horcasitas |
FTS | IS | <1000 | |
25 | San Miguel de Horcasitas |
FTS | LSG | <100 | |
26 | San Miguel de Horcasitas |
FTS | None | ||
27 | San Miguel de Horcasitas |
FTS | unknown |
unknown | |
28 | San Miguel de Horcasitas |
FTS | unknown |
unknown | |
29 | San Pedro de la Cueva |
FTS | TB | >10,000 | |
30 | Soyopa |
FTS | MA |
unknown | High disturbance |
31 | Tecoripa |
FTS | MS | >100 | |
32 | Tecoripa |
FTS | LS | <100 | |
33 | Ures |
FTS | None | ||
34 | Caborca |
LCV | LSG | <10,000 | |
35 | Caborca |
LCV | LSG, MC, TB | >10,000 | 20-25 MC |
36 | Puerto Pe�asco |
LCV | LC | 100,000 | MR, All F |
37 | Carb� |
PSD | LC, MC, TB | >6,000 | Mostly Tadarida, MR |
38 | Carb� |
PSD | LC | 500 | |
39 | Carb� |
PSD | MC | >100 | |
40 | Carb� |
PSD | TB | <100 | |
41 | Hermosillo |
PSD | MC | unknown | |
42 | La Colorada |
PSD | CM, TB | unknown | |
43 | La Colorada |
PSD | CM, MC, TB, | unknown | |
44 | Alamos |
TDF | LC | >10,000 | |
45 | Alamos |
TDF | LC | 200 | |
46 | Alamos |
TDF | LC | >1,000 |