A new species for the French bat list: Myotis escalerai (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Mammalia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-144

  Evin, Allowen ^a   Lecoq, Vincent ^b   Durand, Marie Odile ^b   Tillon, Laurent ^c   Pons, Jean Marc ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Association Myotis   (France)

^c ONF International   (France)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; France; Geographic range; Myotis escalerai; Myotis nattereri

Indexed keywords

BAT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS NATTERERI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 67249104172     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.030     Document Type: Article

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