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An increase in water demand in mountains has reduced its availability for the fauna. As conservation tools, artificial ponds can be used to offer water to animals. Many studies have assessed the use of ponds by bats. However, most of them have been concentrated in the United States and Europe, while in regions with higher bat diversity the information is scarce. We captured the bat species associated with artificial ponds in a Mexican mountain where water was intubated 25 years ago. We identified and analyzed the bats’ species proportion and sex ratio and evaluated if species richness and abundance were affected by season, mean monthly precipitation, maximum monthly temperature and maximum monthly humidity. We captured 90 bats of seven species (Vespertilionidae), where  Myotis melanorhinus  Allen 1866 was the most abundant species (37.7%), followed by  M. volans  Allen 1866 (27.7%),  Eptesicus fuscus  Beauvois 1796 (22.2%),  M. velifer  Allen 1890 (5.5%),  Corynorhinus mexicana  Allen 1916 (3.3%),  M. thysanodes  Miller 1897 (2.2%) and  Idionycteris phyllotis  Allen 1916 (1.1%). Species richness and abundance were related to seasonality and maximum monthly temperature and humidity. Overall adult sex ratio was biased towards males. Our results are consistent with previous reports that have showed that artificial ponds play an important role for bats in environments where water availability is scarce.

Bat fauna associated with artificial ponds in La Malinche National Park, a mountain ecosystem of Mexico