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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 Peñasco |
LCV | LC | 100,000 | MR, All F |
| 37 | Carbó |
PSD | LC, MC, TB | >6,000 | Mostly Tadarida, MR |
| 38 | Carbó |
PSD | LC | 500 | |
| 39 | Carbó |
PSD | MC | >100 | |
| 40 | Carbó |
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 |
