Myotis capaccinii Bonaparte 1837

Myotis capaccinii Bonaparte 1837, Fauna Ital., Vol. 1: fasc. 20.

Type Locality: Italy, Sicily.

Vernacular Names: Long-fingered Myotis.

Synonyms: Myotis blasii Kolenati 1860; Myotis bureschi Heinrich 1936; Myotis majori Ninni 1878; Myotis megapodius Temminck 1840; Myotis pellucens Crespon 1844 .

Distribution: Mediterranean zone and islands of Europe and NW Africa; Bulgaria; Turkey; Israel; Iraq; Iran; Uzbekistan.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.

Discussion: See comment under macrodactylus . Does not include fimbriatus; see Corbet (1978 c) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991), Horácek et al. (2000), and Alayrak and Asan (2002).