Alpine long-eared bat
Alpine long-eared bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Plecotus |
Species: | P. macrobullaris |
Binomial name | |
Plecotus macrobullaris Kuzjakin, 1965 | |
Synonyms | |
Plecotus alpinus |
The Alpine long-eared bat or mountain long-eared bat (Plecotus macrobullaris) is a species of long-eared bat. It was originally described from Switzerland and Austria as a species intermediate between the brown long-eared bat and the grey long-eared bat in 1965. It was later described in 2001 and 2002, from France and Austria, respectively. Despite its name, this species is not restricted to the Alps, being found in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] and elsewhere. It differs from other European long-eared bats, such as the brown long-eared bat, by its white underparts.
Diet
Its diet is mainly based on moths, which are captured in open areas such as grasslands and meadows, including alpine meadows.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.avaz.ba/clanak/235964/sarajevo-otkrivena-nova-vrsta-sismisa-u-bih
- ↑ Alberdi A, Garin I, Aizpurua O, Aihartza JR (2012) 'The foraging ecology of the Mountain long-eared bat Plecotus macrobullaris revealed with DNA mini-barcodes.' PLoS ONE 7(4): e35692.
- Juste, J., Ibáñez, C., Muñoz, J., Trujillo, D., Benda, P., Karatş, A. & Ruedi, M. 2004. "Mitochondrial phylogeography of the long-eared bats (Plecotus) in the Mediterranean Palaearctic and Atlantic Islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31, 1114-1126.
- Kiefer, A.; Veith, M. (December 2001). "A new species of long-eared bat from Europe (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)" (PDF). Myotis. 39: 5–16. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- Shuker, K. "Some batty news". Fortean Times (166): 16.
- Spitzenberger, F., Piálek, J. & Haring, E. 2006. "Systematics of the genus Plecotus (Mammalia, Vespertilionidae) in Austria based on morphometric and molecular investigations". Folia Zoologica 50, 161-172.
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