Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817) . Die Deutschen Fledermäuse. Hanau, p. 14, 33.

TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, Hessen, Hanau .

DISTRIBUTION: Europe (except Scandinavia); NW Africa; Turkey; Israel; Iraq; Crimea and Caucasus to Turkmenistan.

SYNONYMS: escalerae, spelaeus, tschuliensis, typus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Myotis . Does not include araxenus or bombinus; see Horâiek and Hanak (1984).