Geographic Variations and Taxonomic Status of Myotis myotis (Borkhausen,1797) in Turkey ( Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Authors

İrfan ALBAYRAK
Nursel AŞAN

DOI

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Abstract

This study is a taxonomical evaluation of 146 specimens of Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) collected in Turkey between 1974 and 1994. Turkish Myotis myotis were compared with records from the Palaearctic Region. It was determined that both Myotis myotis myotis and Myotis myotis macrocephalicus are distributed in Turkey. The diagnostic characters, habitat, pelage colour, external and cranial measurements and distribution of each taxon were recorded.

Keywords

Myotis myotis, subspecies, taxonomy, Turkey

First Page

267

Last Page

276

Recommended Citation

ALBAYRAK, İrfan and AŞAN, Nursel (1998) "Geographic Variations and Taxonomic Status of Myotis myotis (Borkhausen,1797) in Turkey ( Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 22: No. 4, Article 1. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol22/iss4/1