. Bats of Portugal : zoogeography and systematics. Bats -- Portugal. PORTUGUESE BATS 39 have a characteristic square shape (Fig. 37). The brain case is very high, contrasting with the low, flattened rostrum. It is the only European bat in which the baculum is never present. As expected from such a widespread bat, many subspecies have been described. However, the European population of this bat is remarkably uniform and only the nominate subspecies exists on this con- Fig. 37. Ear of Miniopterus schreibersii showing the characteristic square shape. Modified from Gaisler et al. (1957).
. Bats of Portugal : zoogeography and systematics. Bats -- Portugal. PORTUGUESE BATS 39 have a characteristic square shape (Fig. 37). The brain case is very high, contrasting with the low, flattened rostrum. It is the only European bat in which the baculum is never present. As expected from such a widespread bat, many subspecies have been described. However, the European population of this bat is remarkably uniform and only the nominate subspecies exists on this con- Fig. 37. Ear of Miniopterus schreibersii showing the characteristic square shape. Modified from Gaisler et al. (1957). Family Molossidae This is a widespread family occupying the Neotropical, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian regions; it extends into the southern parts of both the Nearctic and Palearctic subregions. The Molossidae is a large family (about 90 species and 11 genera), but only one species reaches Europe. The family Molossidae is easily recognized by the tail which projects conspicuously beyond the relatively narrow uropatagium, a unique fea- ture among European bats. Genus Tadarida Although it comprises only about 10 species, this genus has a vast distribution; occurring in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Only one species, T. teniotis lives in Europe. Its dental formula in Europe is: 11/3, C 1/1, P 2/2, M 3/3 = 32. This is the only bat genus in Europe with a single pair of upper incisors. TADARIDA TENIOTIS (RAFINESQUE, 1814) Distribution.—T. teniotis ranges from conti- nental Portugal and Madeira eastward through southern Europe, northern Africa and southern Palearctic Asia to Japan (Aellen, 1966). Although rarely recorded due to the inaccessibility of its roosts, T. teniotis is probably a fairly common species throughout the Iberian Peninsula (Fig. 38). It has not been recorded in the southern part of Portugal, but it almost certainly exists there. This poorly known species most commonly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
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