Mammal Survey Eastern Rhodopes Bulgaria - De Zoogdiervereniging

Myotis mystacinus s.l. (cf. aurescens)Number of records — 1 location.Type of records — visits to attics and abandoned buildings.Status and distribution — uncertain due to lack of records.Special notes — the identification of the record is still not known. Measurements weretaken of three individuals. These could be distinguished as Myotismystacinus/brandtii, but had a back fur with clearly visible ‘golden coloured’hair tips like Eptesicus nilsonii, referring to M. aurescens. DNAsample and several measurements taken from two bats (see below), didnot reveal any decisive data. It appears that only skull measurementsare – though faintly – discernable from M. mystacinus.Habitat — not known. We have not recorded any hunting bats.Roosting preference — 1 roost found (approx. 200 exx.) in a loft in a former administration buildingin the small village of Malki Voden.16 Mammal Survey Eastern Rhodope Bulgaria