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Myotis mystacinus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Species: M. mystacinus

Subspecies: M. m. caucasicus – M. m. mystacinus – M. m. occidentalis
Name

Myotis mystacinus Kuhl, 1817

Type locality: Germany.
References

Kuhl, 1817, 1797. Die Deutschen Flederm?use. Hanau: 15.
Conservation status: IUCN: Myotis mystacinus (Least Concern)
Myotis mystacinus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Distribution

Ireland and Scandinavia to Russia and the Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan, south to Syria, Israel, and Morocco

Vernacular names
aragonés: Murciacalo de mostacho
беларуская: Начніца вусатая
dansk: Skægflagermus
Deutsch: Bartfledermaus, Kleine Bartfledermaus
English: Whiskered Bat
español: Murciélago bigotudo
suomi: Viiksisiippa
français: Murin à moustaches
galego: Morcego de bigotes
한국어: 큰수염박쥐
Nederlands: Baardvleermuis
norsk: Skjeggflaggermus
polski: Nocek wąsatek
slovenčina: Netopier fúzatý
svenska: Mustaschfladdermus

The whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) is a small European bat with long fur. Although uncommon, M. mystacinus is often found around human habitation and around water; it is similar to Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii), from which it was distinguished as a separate species only in 1970.
Overview

The analysis of morphological, behavioural, and especially genetic characters have since identified further cryptic species of whiskered bats in the genus Myotis, including Myotis alcathoe (described in 2001 from Europe). Myotis aurascens and Myotis ikonnikovi are other similar species.[2] Myotis hajastanicus was also included in M. mystacinus until recently, but it was differentiated on the base of morphologic comparison.[1]
Echolocation

The frequencies used by M. mystacinus for echolocation are 34–102 kHz, have most energy at 53 kHz, and have an average duration of 3.0 ms.[3][4]
References

Coroiu, I. (2016). "Myotis mystacinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14134A22052250. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14134A22052250.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
"Myotis aurascens", Science for Nature Foundation
Parsons, S. and Jones, G. (2000) 'Acoustic identification of twelve species of echolocating bat by discriminant function analysis and artificial neural networks.' J Exp Biol., 203: 2641-2656.
Obrist, M.K., Boesch, R. and Flückiger, P.F. (2004) 'Variability in echolocation call design of 26 Swiss bat species: Consequences, limits and options for automated field identification with a synergic pattern recognition approach.' Mammalia., 68 (4): 307-32.

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