Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857:53.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Rajasthan, Nasirabad .

DISTRIBUTION: Mediterranean zone of Europe and NW Africa; Crimea and Caucasus Mtns, Asia Minor, Israel to Kirgizia, Afghanistan, and Himalayas; NW Altai Mtns; Inner Mongolia and Shensi (China).

SYNONYMS: africanus, ancilla, dobsoni, lesviacus, omari, oxygnathus, punicus, risorius (see Corbet, 1978c:30; Strelkov, 1972; Felten et al., 1977; and Bogan et al., 1978).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Myotis .