Research Article

Bats of the Safi-Essaouira Provinces (Morocco): New Inputs to the Knowledge of Bat Populations of the Atlantic Littoral

Table 1

Location of capture/recorded points by habitat types.

Site nos.Site namesCoordinates (in decimal degrees)Altitude (m)Habitat typeDist. to ocean (km)

1Sidi Abderrahmane lake32.323817, −9.17296572Artificial water reservoir8.87
2Safi pinewood32.316973, −9.23421575Urban coniferous forest2.07
3Haouya cave32.588635, −9.069457112Karstic cave in eucalyptus grove9.88
4Gora’an cave32.554580, −9.25336737Karstic cave in agricultural land0.96
5Sidi Benkrara cave32.373819, −9.28591735Sea cliff cave0.11
6Sbaa Fam cave32.573713, −9.013361128Karstic cave in agricultural land15.43
7Degraded argane forest32.187795, −9.25112490Degraded Argania forest0.77
8Souiria Laqdima dunes32.062241, −9.33034426Coastal sand dune matorral0.24
9Lalla Mellouka forest32.403855, −9.237051118Large glade in eucalyptus grove1.88
10Argane groves N Jbel Lahdid31.729681, −9.479746484Small argane adjacent to agricultural lands12.79
11Coastal sand dunes31.453819, −9.75974052Retama sand dune formation3.16
12Olive groves SW Jbel Lahdid31.673139, −9.60630658Farmland near a pine forest6.70
13Maâden cave31.712217, −9.492932550Karst cave in open forest12.50
14Mixed argane-pine forest31.819046, −9.38176455Mountain open forest of Argania-Pinus13.39