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Myotis emargmatus - notch-eared bat<br />

comm.) In the summer of 19803 colony numbering about 100<br />

bats was found in Durbuy.<br />

France: Population declines have been reported together with<br />

horseshoe bats, with which this species is often associated.<br />

lsem department — hibernating individuals are in disused<br />

quarries in the RhOne valley.<br />

In Ardeche a nursery colony of 1000 bats was found, but<br />

records are mainly of isolated individuals Ain region has some<br />

small breeding colonies<br />

Italy: No recent records from the south-east coast.<br />

Netherlands: During a 15-year survey in South Limburg mines<br />

from 1936 to 1951, this was one of the most abundant<br />

hibernating species Between 1942 and 1951, 2062 were<br />

banded (24) A nursery colony occurred in the mines<br />

Large declines occurred in the hibernating populations from<br />

about 200 in 1945 to only 20 in the 1970s (233)<br />

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