Myotis daubentonii

(Kuhl, 1817)

Daubenton's Myotis

Close-up of head, oblique view.  Also as Daubenton's Bat.
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Location:Czech Republic, South BohemiaDate taken:Jan 1, 1978

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 508

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Myotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kuhl, H. 1817. Die deutschen Fledermäuse. None, Hanau, 67 pp.

Original name as described

Vespertilio daubentonii

Other common names

Daubenton's Bat

Type locality

Hanau, Hessen, Germany.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ireland · United Kingdom · Spain · Portugal · France · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Liechtenstein? · Austria · Italy · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Albania? · Montenegro? · Serbia · Kosovo · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Ukraine · Belarus · Poland · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Georgia · Turkey · Kazakhstan

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. petax (and abei)

Taxonomy notes citation

Tsytsulina, K. 2004. On the taxonomical status of Myotis abei Yoshikura, 1944 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zoological Science 21(9):963-966. doi:10.2108/zsj.21.963 · Matveev, V.A., Kruskop, S.V. and Kramerov, D.A. 2005. Revalidation of Myotis petax Hollister, 1912 and its new status in connection with M. daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817) (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica 7(1):23-37. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[23:ROMPHA]2.0.CO;2

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 20 names and synonyms.

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