Sakhalin Myotis
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The Sakhalin Myotis was considered an endemic species of vesper bat
Vesper bat
Vesper bats , also known as Evening bats or Common bats, are the largest and best-known family of bats. They belong to the suborder Microchiroptera . There are over three hundred species distributed all over the world, on every continent except Antarctica...

 in the Vespertilionidae family, thought to occur only on Sakhalin Island, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. Recently it is no longer considered a valid species but a junior synonym
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...

 of Daubenton's bat
Daubenton's bat
Daubenton's Bat, Myotis daubentonii, is a Eurasian bat with quite short ears. It ranges from Britain to Japan and is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas.The name commemorates the French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton....

Myotis daubentonii.

Source

  • Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Myotis abei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Tsytsulina K. 2004. On the Taxonomical Status of Myotis abei YOSHIKURA, 1944(Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zoological Science 21: 963-966. http://zmmu.msu.ru/bats/biblio/kate04.pdf
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