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Myotis mystacinus Species Complex (M. mystacinus, M. brandtii, M. alcathoe, M. davidii)

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The Myotis mystacinus species complex (Whiskered bats) is a group that includes some of the smallest representatives of the genus Myotis (M. mystacinus, M. alcathoe, M. brandtii, and M. davidii), which are morphologically very similar to each other. They are characterized by small feet (less than half of the tibia length), a dark-colored face, notched ears, and by a wing membrane starting from the distal part of the tibia (Benda et al. 2016b; Dietz and Kiefer 2016). Taxonomy of whiskered bats is considered to be one of the most challenging topics in European bats systematics, and it has drawn the attention of many researchers over the years.

Authors Budinski I. and López-Baucells A. have equally contributed to this chapter.

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The authors thank Suren Gazaryan for providing original Russian papers and photo of M. davidii; Leonardo Ancilloto for providing literature in Italian; Szilard Bucs for sharing data about M. alcathoe from Romania; and Heliana Dundarova for providing the most recent data on molecular investigation of whiskered bats in the Balkan Peninsula. We also thank Suren Gazaryan and two anonymous reviewers whose valuable comments greatly improved previous versions of this manuscript.

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Budinski, I., López-Baucells, A. (2023). Myotis mystacinus Species Complex (M. mystacinus, M. brandtii, M. alcathoe, M. davidii). In: Russo, D. (eds) Chiroptera. Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44029-9_53

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