The structure of baculum in Myotis myotis and Myotis blythi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Turkey

Authors

İRFAN ALBAYRAK
NURSEL AŞAN

DOI

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Abstract

A comparison was made of the shape and size of the bacula of 32 Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) and 26 Myotis blythi (Tomes, 1857) collected from Turkey. It was determined that baculum size does not distinguish the two species but baculum shape distinguishes them.

Keywords

Baculum, Myotis myotis, Myotis blythi, Turkey

First Page

229

Last Page

233

Recommended Citation

ALBAYRAK, İRFAN and AŞAN, NURSEL (2001) "The structure of baculum in Myotis myotis and Myotis blythi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 25: No. 3, Article 8. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol25/iss3/8