MYOTIS 193 



1801. Vespertilio myotis Bechstein, Gemeinn. Naturgesch. Deutschl., i, 



2nd ed., p. 1154 (Described but not named in 1st ed., 1789, p. 164) 



Thiiringen, Germany. 

 1827. Vespertilio submurinus Brehm, Ornis, Heft in, p. 24 (Renthendorf, 



Thiiringen, Germany). 

 1844. V[espertilio] latipinnis Crespon, Paune Meridionale, I, p. 17 (Near 



Nimes, Gard, France). 

 1857. Vespertilio murinus Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 82 (Not of 



Linnaeus, 1758). 

 1863. [Myotus murinus'] var. typus Kocb, Jahrb. des Vereins fur Natur- 



kunde im Herzogthum Nassau, xvin, p. 415 (Wiesbaden, Nassau, 



Germany). 

 1863. [Myotus murinus] var. alpinus Koch, Jahrb. des Vereins fur Natur- 



kunde im Herzogthum Nassau, xvm, p. 415 (St. Gothard, Uri, 



Switzerland). 

 1878. Vespertilio murinus Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 309 (Not 



of Linnaeus, 1758). 

 1886. Myotis murma var. spelsea Bielz, Verhandl. u. Mittheilungen des 



Siebenbiirgischen Vereins fur Naturwissensch. in Hermannstadt, 



xxxvi, p. 83 (Homorod- Almas cave, Hungary). 

 1897. Myotis myotis Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., xx, p. 383, 



October, 1897. 



1909. Myotis myosotis Miller, Ann. Mus. Zool. R. Univ. Napoli, N.S., in, 



No. 3, p. 1, April 26, 1909. 



1910. Myotis myotis and M. m. spelsea Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Burope, 



p. 32. 



Type locality. — Thiiringen, Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Central and southern Continental 

 Europe, west to Portugal, north to southern Sweden, eastward 

 into Asia. One record of its occurrence in England.* 



Diagnosis. — Largest species of European Myotis (forearm, 

 57 to 64 mm.; longest finger, 100 to 110 mm.; condylobasal 

 length of skull, 22 to 23 ■ 6 mm.); form heavy, membranes thick 

 and leathery ; ear moderately long, extending about 5 mm. 

 beyond tip of muzzle when laid forward, its posterior margin 

 scarcely or not emarginate above middle ; foot slightly more than 

 half as long as tibia ; wing membrane extending to base of 

 outer toe. 



External characters. — Although one of the largest European 

 bats Myotis myotis does not differ conspicuously in form from 

 the small M. mystacinus, except that its tail and legs are relatively 

 shorter. The general build is not remarkably heavy as compared 

 with other European species of approximately the same size, but 

 the ears and membranes are rather thick and leathery. Ear 

 moderately long, extending about 5 mm. beyond nostril when 

 laid forward ; anterior margin moderately convex from base 

 nearly to rather narrowly rounded-off tip ; posterior border with 

 shallow ill-defined concavity above ; antitragus low and long, 

 marked off posteriorly by a well-defined notch and not continuous 

 with posterior border of conch ; tragus about half as high as 



* Bell, Hist. British Quadrupeds, p. 38, 1836 : "But in England it . . . 

 has hitherto only been taken in the gardens of the British Museum." 



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