Myotis bombinus Thomas, 1906

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 43-44

Myotis bombinus Thomas, 1906 —Far Eastern Myotis

Myotis nattereri bombinus Thomas, 1905 [ 1906] p.337; Type locality- Miyazaki, Japan; Yoon, 1992 p.37; Yoon, 2010 p.44.

M. nattereri amurensis: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.378 ; Kuroda, 1938 p.96; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.143; Won, 1958 p.454; Won, 1967 p.314; Won, 1968 p.91; Corbet, 1978 p.49.

M. nattereri: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.143 ; Won, 1968 p.90; Corbet, 1978 p.49; Son, 2001 p.104; Yoon, 2004 p.58; Yoon, 2010 p.44.

M. bombinus: Han, 1994 p.45 ; Won & Smith, 1999 p.12; Jo et al. 2012 p.251.

Range: The distribution of M. bombinus ranges throughout the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island ( Son 2001; Fig. 24 ); it commonly inhabits volcanic caves on Jeju Island ( Jo et al. 2012).

Remarks: Previously, M. bombinus was considered a subspecies of M. nattereri ( Yoon 2010) . Based on mtDNA analysis, M. bombinus seemed more related to M. chinensis and clearly distinct from M. nattereri in Greece ( Kawai et al. 2003).

Conservation status: The IUCN Red List registered M. bombinus as ‘Near threatened’ ( Tsytsulina 2008). However, populations in Korea have rarely received consideration for protection.

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FIGURE 24. Range map of Myotis bombinus in Korea.