Whiskered bat

Species of bat

Whiskered bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. mystacinus
Binomial name
Myotis mystacinus
(Kuhl, 1817)

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

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Myotis aurascens", Science for Nature Foundation
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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Species of subfamily Myotinae
Myotis
  • Large-footed bat (M. adversus)
  • Southern myotis (M. aelleni)
  • Silver-tipped myotis (M. albescens)
  • Myotis alcathoe (M. alcathoe)
  • Szechwan myotis (M. altarium)
  • Anjouan myotis (M. anjouanensis)
  • Annamit myotis (M. annamiticus)
  • M. annatessae
  • Hairy-faced bat (M. annectans)
  • Atacama myotis (M. atacamensis)
  • Peters's myotis (M. ater)
  • Sir David Attenborough's myotis (M. attenboroughi)
  • Southwestern myotis (M. auriculus)
  • Australian myotis (M. australis)
  • Southeastern myotis (M. austroriparius)
  • Chestnut myotis (M. badius)
  • M. bartelsi
  • Bechstein's bat (M. bechsteinii)
  • Lesser mouse-eared bat (M. blythii)
  • Rufous mouse-eared bat (M. bocagii)
  • Far Eastern myotis (M. bombinus)
  • Brandt's bat (M. brandtii)
  • Bocharic myotis (M. bucharensis)
  • California myotis (M. californicus)
  • Long-fingered bat (M. capaccinii)
  • Chilean myotis (M. chiloensis)
  • Large myotis (M. chinensis)
  • Western small-footed bat (M. ciliolabrum)
  • Guatemalan myotis (M. cobanensis)
  • Cryptic myotis (Myotis crypticus)
  • Csorba's mouse-eared bat (M. csorbai)
  • Pond bat (M. dasycneme)
  • Daubenton's bat (M. daubentonii)
  • David's myotis (M. davidii)
  • Kock's mouse-eared bat (M. dieteri)
  • M. diminutus
  • Dominican myotis (M. dominicensis)
  • Elegant myotis (M. elegans)
  • Geoffroy's bat (M. emarginatus)
  • M. escalerai
  • Long-eared myotis (M. evotis)
  • M. fimbriatus
  • Findley's myotis (M. findleyi)
  • M. flavus
  • Hodgson's bat (M. formosus)
  • Cinnamon myotis (M. fortidens)
  • Fraternal myotis (M. frater)
  • Gomantong myotis (M. gomantongensis)
  • Malagasy mouse-eared bat (M. goudoti)
  • Gray bat (M. grisescens)
  • Armenian whiskered bat (M. hajastanicus)
  • M. handleyi
  • Lesser large-footed bat (M. hasseltii)
  • Herman's myotis (M. hermani)
  • Horsfield's bat (M. horsfieldii)
  • M. hyrcanicus
  • Ikonnikov's bat (M. ikonnikovi)
  • M. indochinensis
  • Insular myotis (M. insularum)
  • M. izecksohni
  • Hairy-legged myotis (M. keaysi)
  • Keen's myotis (M. keenii)
  • Chinese water myotis (M. laniger)
  • M. lavali
  • Eastern small-footed myotis (M. leibii)
  • Yellowish myotis (M. levis)
  • Kashmir cave bat (M. longipes)
  • Little brown bat (M. lucifugus)
  • Eastern long-fingered bat (M. macrodactylus)
  • M. macropus
  • Pallid large-footed myotis (M. macrotarsus)
  • Schwartz's myotis (M. martiniquensis)
  • Dark-nosed small-footed myotis (M. melanorhinus)
  • M. midastactus
  • Maluku myotis (M. moluccarum)
  • Burmese whiskered bat (M. montivagus)
  • Morris's bat (M. morrisi)
  • Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat (M. muricola)
  • Greater mouse-eared bat (M. myotis)
  • Whiskered bat (M. mystacinus)
  • Natterer's bat (M. nattereri)
  • Curacao myotis (M. nesopolus)
  • Black myotis (M. nigricans)
  • Nimba mountain bat (M. nimbaensis)
  • Nepal myotis (M. nipalensis)
  • M. nyctor
  • Arizona myotis (M. occultus)
  • Singapore whiskered bat (M. oreias)
  • Montane myotis (M. oxyotus)
  • Peninsular myotis (M. peninsularis)
  • Beijing mouse-eared bat (M. pequinius)
  • Eastern water bat (M. petax)
  • M. phanluongi
  • Flat-headed myotis (M. planiceps)
  • Frosted myotis (M. pruinosus)
  • Felten's myotis (M. punicus)
  • Rickett's big-footed bat (M. ricketti)
  • Ridley's bat (M. ridleyi)
  • Riparian myotis (M. riparius)
  • Thick-thumbed myotis (M. rosseti)
  • Red myotis (M. ruber)
  • Schaub's myotis (M. schaubi)
  • Scott's mouse-eared bat (M. scotti)
  • Northern long-eared bat (M. septentrionalis)
  • M. sibiricus
  • Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (M. sicarius)
  • Himalayan whiskered bat (M. siligorensis)
  • Velvety myotis (M. simus)
  • Indiana bat (M. sodalis)
  • Kei myotis (M. stalkeri)
  • M. taiwanensis
  • Fringed myotis (M. thysanodes)
  • Cape hairy bat (M. tricolor)
  • Cave myotis (M. velifer)
  • M. vivesi
  • Long-legged myotis (M. volans)
  • Welwitsch's bat (M. welwitschii)
  • Yanbaru whiskered bat (M. yanbarensis)
  • Yuma myotis (M. yumanensis)
  • Zenati myotis (Myotis zenatius)
Submyotodon
  • S. caliginosus
  • Taiwan broad-muzzled myotis (S. latirostris)
  • S. moupinensis
Taxon identifiers
Myotis mystacinus
Vespertilio mystacinus
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