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Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii. Bechstein's bat is specialized for inhabiting forested areas, and is rarely found outside of them. It is recorded in mixed forests in southwestern Asia, but European populations prefer deciduous forests with high proportions of old trees. Beech and oak woodlands make up a large portion of the animal's habitat.
The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (Myotis) of bats within the family Vespertilionidae.The noun "myotis" itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek "muós (meaning "mouse") and "oûs" (meaning ear), literally translating to "mouse-eared".
Almost no myotines have population estimates, though seven species—the Atacama myotis, eastern small-footed myotis, Findley's myotis, flat-headed myotis, frosted myotis, little brown bat, and peninsular myotis—are categorized as endangered species, and two species—the Nimba myotis and Yanbaru whiskered bat—are categorized as critically ...
Myotis aurascens: Pčinja LC Bechstein's bat: Myotis bechsteinii: N Serbia NT [8] Lesser mouse-eared bat: Myotis blythii: Throughout Serbia LC [9] Brandt's bat: Myotis brandtii: Throughout Serbia LC Long-fingered bat: Myotis capaccinii: S Serbia VU [10] Pond bat: Myotis dasycneme: NE Serbia NT [11] Daubenton's bat: Myotis daubentonii: N, E and ...
Myotis bartelsii (Jentink, 1910) - Bartels's myotis; Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) - Bechstein's bat; Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) - lesser mouse-eared bat; Myotis bocagii (Peters, 1870) - rufous mouse-eared bat; Myotis bombinus (Thomas, 1906) - Far Eastern myotis, bombinus bat; Myotis borneoensis Hill & Francis, 1984 - Bornean whiskered myotis
Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii NT [40] Brandt's bat, Myotis brandtii LC [41] Pond bat, Myotis dasycneme NT [42] Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentonii LC [43] Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis LC [44] Whiskered bat, Myotis mystacinus LC [45] Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri LC [46] Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri LC [47] Common noctule ...
In the Middle East, Myotis myotis has been found in Turkey, Israel, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. It possibly lives in the United Kingdom. [1] [6] In the Balearics, Myotis myotis can be found on the islands of Mallorca and Menorca. It is the most abundant species of bat on Mallorca, with several caves containing large colonies of 200, 400 and 500 ...
Maternity colonies are especially prevalent in temperate regions due to the thermal benefits of roosting with other individuals. [1] Outside of the winter months, non-reproductive females and male bats enter torpor for short periods to conserve energy when temperatures are below an optimum threshold.