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New evidence for the greater noctule bat ( Nyctalus lasiopterus) in the Late Pleistocene of western Europe

Juan Manuel LÓPEZ-GARCÍA, Paloma SEVILLA & Gloria CUENCA-BESCÓS

en Comptes Rendus Palevol 8 (6) - Pages 551-558

Published on 30 September 2009

This article reports a new record of the greater noctule Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) in the Late Pleistocene of Europe. A fragment of a left mandible from this species was collected in Layer O (around 55 ka) from the Abric Romaní rock shelter, providing evidence of the presence of the greater noctule in north-eastern Spain during the latest Late Pleistocene. The relevance of this new record, which is geographically not reported up to now in the area, is discussed in terms of environmental changes.


Keywords:

Nyctalus lasiopterus, Biogeography, Palaeoclimate, Abric Romaní, Spain

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