The Anatolian serotine bat (''Eptesicus anatolicus'') is a species of
bat found in the
Middle-East,
Cyprus and
Rhodes Island, Greece.
Taxonomy
''Eptesicus anatolicus'' was
described in 1971 by Felten. However, a statement few years later from Harrison, who considered the specimens he examined as a sub-species of ''
Eptesicus bottae'', was accepted as taxonomical reference for more than three decades. In 2006, Benda et al. suggested that ''Eptesicus anatolicus'' should regain a species status following clear morphological evidence.
Range and habitat
This bat is known to forage in open areas, around streetlamps and in the semi-open area along cliffs and vegetation.
[Dietz et al. 2007]
This species is recorded in
Turkey,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
,
Greece (Rhodes Island),
Cyprus and
Iran.
This species is listed in the
Berne Convention and is specifically targeted by the UNEP-
EUROBATS convention.
References
Literature cited
* Benda, P., Andreas, M., Kock, D., Lucan, R. K., Munclinger, P., Nova, P., ... & Weinfurtova, D. (2006
Bats(Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 4. Bat fauna of Syria: distribution, systematics, ecology.Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 70(1), 1–329.
* Benda, P., Faizolâhi, K., Andreas, M., Obuch, J., Reiter, A., Ševčík, M., Uhrin, M., Vallo, P., & Ashrafi, S. 201
Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 10. Bat fauna of Iran.Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 76(1-4), 163–582.
* Dietz C., VonhelVersen O. & nill D. 2007: Handbuch der Fledermäuse Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Biologie– Kennzeichen – Gefährdung. Stuttgart: Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH & Co. KG, 399 pp.
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Bats of Europe
Mammals described in 1971
Eptesicus