. Bats of Portugal : zoogeography and systematics. Bats -- Portugal. PORTUGUESE BATS 21 continent is from Chantilly, just north of Paris (Hanak, 1970), but it is also present in Great Britain (Stebbings, 1977). Corbet (1978) and Vernier (in Honacki et al., 1982) show M. brandtii as being found "south to Spain and Greece," but this seems to be a misinterpretation of Gauckler and Kraus (1970). The latter authors examined specimens from northern Spain and they only suggested that M. mystacinus exists in westernmost Europe. I do not know of any records of M. brandtii in Iberia and the di
. Bats of Portugal : zoogeography and systematics. Bats -- Portugal. PORTUGUESE BATS 21 continent is from Chantilly, just north of Paris (Hanak, 1970), but it is also present in Great Britain (Stebbings, 1977). Corbet (1978) and Vernier (in Honacki et al., 1982) show M. brandtii as being found "south to Spain and Greece," but this seems to be a misinterpretation of Gauckler and Kraus (1970). The latter authors examined specimens from northern Spain and they only suggested that M. mystacinus exists in westernmost Europe. I do not know of any records of M. brandtii in Iberia and the distribution of M. mystacinus in the peninsula is poorly known. Gauckler and Kraus (1970) do not give the precise origin of the specimens they examined from northern Spain. Tupinier (1975) identified two mandibles from near Arredondo (Santander) as belonging to M. mystacinus. Dobson (1878) listed a specimen from the Luna River (Leon) and Cabrera (1914) mentioned three from El Escorial (Madrid), but these authors did not recognize M. brandtii and M. mystacinus as distinct species. Ayres (1914) reported it from Coimbra, but the forearm meas- urement given (40 mm) is too great for either M. mystacinus or M. brandtii. Seabra (1922) cited one male from Coimbra in the collection of the Lisbon Museum of Natural History (=Museu Bocage), but this specimen has disappeared (Palmeirim et al., 1979). Although uncommon, M. mystacinus is probably quite widespread in central and northern Iberia (Fig. 25); its presence in the south is likely despite the northern charac- ter of this species' range, because M. mystacinus is known from various Mediterranean localities elsewhere in Europe. Morphology and Taxonomic Remarks.— M. mystacinus is the smallest of the species of Myotis in Iberia (Table 9), its size being compa- rable to that of some Pipistrellus', it is easily distinguished from them by its pointed tragus, absence of post-calcarial lobe and dental for- mula. The long hair is very dark brow
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