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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Myotinae
--> GENUS Myotis
SPECIES Myotis oxygnathus
Author: | Monticelli, 1885. | Citation: | Ann. Accad. O. Costa de Aspir. Nat. Napoli, 1: 82. | Common Name: | Monticelli's Myotis | Type Locality: | Italy, Basilicata, Matera. | Distribution: | Mediterranean region from Spain to Italy and Greece; Bulgaria to Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan. | Status: | IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001). | Comments: | Formerly treated as a subspecies of blythii (e.g., Koopman, 1994), but shown to be more closely related to myotis based on molecular data; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001). |
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