Myotis davidii ( Peters, 1869 )

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 : 50

Myotis davidii ( Peters, 1869) —David’s Myotis

Ƒespertilio davidii Peters, 1869 p.402 ; Type locality- Hebei, China .

Myotis davidii: Tate, 1947 p.84 (Beijing, China).

M. aurascens: Tsytsulina et al., 2012 p.2 (Gangwon Province, Korea).

Range: The distribution of M. davidii presumably extends throughout Korea ( Tsytsulina et al. 2012; Fig. 30 ). Although only two bats have been identified thus far as M. davidii in Yeongwol County, Gangwon Province, Korea, more discovery of M. davidii in Korea could occur due to specimens erroneously classified as M. brandtii because of morphological similarities between these two-cryptic species.

Remarks: Tsytsulina et al. (2012) subsumed M. aurascens in eastern Eurasia with samples from Korea previously identified as M. mystacinus (or M. sibiricus ). However, Benda et al. (2012) considered M. aurascens from Korea as M. davidii , clustering together populations from Tuva, Russia and Kazakhstan ( Benda et al. 2012).

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FIGURE 30. Range map of Myotis davidii in Korea.