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Title

A new species for the French bat list: Myotis escalerai (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae).

Authors

Evin, Allowen; Lecoq, Vincent; Durand, Marie-Odile; Tillon, Laurent; Pons, Jean-Marc

Abstract

The article presents information about Myotis escalerai, a new species of French bats and was known for being endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It is noted that Myotis escalerai has different morphological and ecological traits, an example of which is that the species creates big breeding colonies in caves unlike the European Myoris Natterei which lives in small groups in tree holes. It is asserted that Myotis escalerai and Myotis Sp. A are two new cryptic taxa that were discovered through molecular species identification tools.

Subjects

FRANCE; MYOTIS; NATTERER'S bat; BATS; ANIMAL morphology; ANIMAL species

Publication

Mammalia: International Journal of the Systematics, Biology & Ecology of Mammals, 2009, Vol 73, Issue 2, p142

ISSN

0025-1461

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1515/MAMM.2009.030