Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837)

Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, Zootaxa 5580 (1), pp. 1-130 : 72

61. Long-fingered Myotis, Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837)

(IUCN Red List: VU)

Subspecies: Monotypic species.

Distribution: Uncommon but widespread along the Euphrates and its tributaries in Mesopotamia, as well as in the steppe regions of the northwest of Syria ( Fig. 68 ).

Previous records: Qater Maghara and ar-Raqqa ( Ebenau 1996), Maadan ( Walter & Ebenau 1997), Kasret Muhammed Ali (Shehab et al. 2004), Abu Kamal, es-Salihiyyeh, Halabiyyeh, Tell Sheikh Hamad, Aleppo, Al-Ghazili, Kasret Muhammed Ali, and Mount Hermon ( Benda et al. 2006), Hamama and Halabiyyeh ( Shehab et al. 2007).

Remarks: The M. capaccinii populations in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East were considered by several authors (see Benda et al. 2006) as a separate subspecies, M. c. bureschi Heinrich, 1936. However, there is no relevant support available for the subspecific division of the taxon.

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FIGURE 68. Records of the Long-fingered Myotis Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837) in Syria.