Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) . Die Deutschen Fledermäuse. Hanau, p. 14, 46.
TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, Hessen, Hanau .
DISTRIBUTION: W Europe to Urals and Caucasus; Britain; Ireland; Madeira Isl (Morocco); Azores (Portugal); W Himalayas; E Afghanistan; NW Africa.
SYNONYMS: dasykarpos, madeirae, pachygnathus, verrucosus .
COMMENTS: Includes verrucosus, see Corbet (1978c:55), who also included azoreum; but see Palmeirim (1991).