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Myotis blythii
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Myotis blythii

Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)

First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1857 p.53

The lesser mouse-eared bat or lesser mouse-eared myotis (Myotis blythii) is a species of insectivorous bat in the family Vespertilionidae. This species has a wide distribution from the Iberian Peninsula to China.

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Description

The lesser mouse-eared bat is a relatively large Myotis bat, it closely resembles the greater mouse-eared bat. The back is tinged with brownish, the belly is pale greyish-white, typically rather paler than the belly of the greater mouse-eared bat. The snout is markedly shorter than that of the greater mouse-eared bat, the ears comparatively narrow and short, and the front margin of the ears are noticeably less convex. The tragus has a pale tip, with no dark spot at its end. The measurements of this bat are: the forearm is between 50.5 and 62.1 mm (1.99 and 2.44 in) in length; the fifth finger is 63 to 81 mm (2.5 to 3.2 in) long and the third finger is 85 to 103 mm (3.3 to 4.1 in) long; the wight varies between 19 and 26 g (0.67 and 0.92 oz).

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Range & habitat

Lesser mouse-eared bats can be found in the following countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2432414.