Myotis emarginatus (E. Geoffroy, 1806) . Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 8:198.

TYPE LOCALITY: France, Ardennes, Givet, Charlemont .

DISTRIBUTION: S Europe, north to Netherlands and S Poland, Crimea, Caucasus and Kopet Dag Mtns, east to Uzbekistan and E Iran; Israel; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Lebanon; Afghanistan.

SYNONYMS: budapestiensis, ciliatus, desertorum, lanaceus, neglectus, saturatus, turcomanicus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Myotis .