Dietz & von Helversen Illustrated Identification key to the bats of ...

Dietz & von HelversenIllustrated Identification key to the bats of Europe► wing membrane inserted between the ankle and the middle of the sole of the hindfoot (Fig. 143), sometimes closer to the base of the first toe. Tragus long, reacheshalf the ear length, straight or slightly curved but not into S-shape (Fig. 141). Dorsalfur brownish, shiny. Tibia and tail membrane not hairy (Fig. 143). FA: 33.1 – 42.0mm, D5: 39 – 52 mm, D3: 53 – 65 mm. – Myotis daubentoniiAdditional characters: Penis parallel sided or slightly broadened to its tip (Fig. 142).Distribution in Europe: It occurs throughout almost all of Europe, being absent only fromnorthern Scandinavia, northern Scotland, Sicily, southern Greece and Crete. (Incontradiction to earlier references largely overlaps in its distribution in the south with M.capaccinii.).Taxonomical note: In Spain smaller and different coloured bats occur in sympatry with thetypical form and were described as species of its own: M. nathalinae. But as individualsresembling the nathalinae-type were found in several parts of Europe as well and nogenetic differences between those and typical M. daubentonii were found, nathalinae iscurrently regarded as a synonym of M. daubentonii.Photographs: 57, 70 and 140-143.Plate 17: Characters of the trawling Myotis (genus Myotis, subgenus Leuconoe).M. daubentonii (140 - 143), M. capaccinii (144 - 147),M. dasycneme (148 - 151).47