The northern distribution limits of the lesser mouse-eared bat Myotis oxygnathus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Central Europe

Abstract

A single specimen of Myotis oxygnathus was collected in 1932, in Sucha valley, Western Tatra Mts., the Carpathians (Poland). The northern distribution limits of M. oxygnathus in Central Europe is discussed on the basis of recent records of M. oxygnathus and M. myotis in this area.