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 names | Coordinates (in decimal degrees) | Altitude (m) | Habitat type | Dist. to ocean (km) |
| 1 | Sidi Abderrahmane lake | 32.323817, −9.172965 | 72 | Artificial water reservoir | 8.87 | 2 | Safi pinewood | 32.316973, −9.234215 | 75 | Urban coniferous forest | 2.07 | 3 | Haouya cave | 32.588635, −9.069457 | 112 | Karstic cave in eucalyptus grove | 9.88 | 4 | Gora’an cave | 32.554580, −9.253367 | 37 | Karstic cave in agricultural land | 0.96 | 5 | Sidi Benkrara cave | 32.373819, −9.285917 | 35 | Sea cliff cave | 0.11 | 6 | Sbaa Fam cave | 32.573713, −9.013361 | 128 | Karstic cave in agricultural land | 15.43 | 7 | Degraded argane forest | 32.187795, −9.251124 | 90 | Degraded Argania forest | 0.77 | 8 | Souiria Laqdima dunes | 32.062241, −9.330344 | 26 | Coastal sand dune matorral | 0.24 | 9 | Lalla Mellouka forest | 32.403855, −9.237051 | 118 | Large glade in eucalyptus grove | 1.88 | 10 | Argane groves N Jbel Lahdid | 31.729681, −9.479746 | 484 | Small argane adjacent to agricultural lands | 12.79 | 11 | Coastal sand dunes | 31.453819, −9.759740 | 52 | Retama sand dune formation | 3.16 | 12 | Olive groves SW Jbel Lahdid | 31.673139, −9.606306 | 58 | Farmland near a pine forest | 6.70 | 13 | Maâden cave | 31.712217, −9.492932 | 550 | Karst cave in open forest | 12.50 | 14 | Mixed argane-pine forest | 31.819046, −9.38176 | 455 | Mountain open forest of Argania-Pinus | 13.39 |
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