Myotis oxygnathus Monticelli 1885

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 514

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scientific name	Myotis oxygnathus Monticelli 1885
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Myotis oxygnathus Monticelli 1885 , Ann. Accad. O. Costa de Aspir. Nat. Napoli, 1: 82.

Type Locality: Italy, Basilicata, Matera.

Vernacular Names: Monticelli's Myotis.

Distribution: Mediterranean region from Spain to Italy and Greece; Bulgaria to Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Formerly treated as a subspecies of blythii (e.g., Koopman, 1994), but shown to be more closely related to myotis based on molecular data; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001).