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--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Myotinae
--> GENUS Myotis
SPECIES Myotis bechsteinii
| Author: | Kuhl, 1817. | | Citation: | Die Deutschen Fledermäuse. Hanau: 14, 30. | | Common Name: | Bechstein's Myotis | | Type Locality: | Germany, Hessen, Hanau. | | Distribution: | Europe to Caucasus and Iran; Bulgaria; England; S Sweden. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) Vulnerable. | | Comments: | For discussion of correct spelling (bechsteinii, not bechsteini) see Bogdanowicz and Kock (1998). Apparently closely related to daubentonii; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001). Reviewed by Horácek et al. (2000) and Baagĝe (2001a). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
favonicus Thomas, 1906
ghidinii Fatio, 1902
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