Myotis escalerai Cabrera 1904 ...

492. Escalera’s Myotis Myotis escalerai French: Murin d'Escalera / German: Iberische Fransenfledermaus / Spanish: Ratonero ibérico Other common names: Iberian Natterer's Bat, Iberian Natterer's Myotis Taxonomy. Myotis escalerai Cabrera, 1904, Valencia, Spain. Subgenus Myotis; myotis s...

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Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
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Published: Lynx Edicions 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6577434
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Summary:492. Escalera’s Myotis Myotis escalerai French: Murin d'Escalera / German: Iberische Fransenfledermaus / Spanish: Ratonero ibérico Other common names: Iberian Natterer's Bat, Iberian Natterer's Myotis Taxonomy. Myotis escalerai Cabrera, 1904, Valencia, Spain. Subgenus Myotis; myotis species group. See M. nattereri. Monotypic. Distribution. Iberian Peninsula N to the French Pyrenees and Balearic Is. Descriptive notes. Head-body 42-50 mm, tail 42-50 mm, ear 15- 1-18 mm, hindfoot 6-7-10, forearm 37- 1-42 mm; weight 4.5-6- 3 g. Escalera’s Myotis is extremely similar to Natterer’s Myotis (M. natterer), the Cryptic Myotis (M. crypticus), and the Zenati Myotis (M. zenatius). Its dorsum is brownish to grayish, and venteris pale grayish to whitish. Young are much darker than adults. Edge of uropatagium hasdistinct line of bristles, typical of the nattereri species complex. It is clearly different from the Cryptic Myotis because it has noticeably line of hair pointing inward and another line of hair, shorter, pointing ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Vespertilionidae, pp. 716-981 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 980, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6397752 ...