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).