Alcathoe bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Alcathoe bat lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Myotis alcathoe
Group	Bats
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the Alcathoe bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Alcathoe bat in 9 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Alcathoe bat endangered?

The Alcathoe bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Alcathoe bat?

The Alcathoe bat (Myotis alcathoe) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Myotis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Alcathoe bat

The Alcathoe bat (Myotis alcathoe) is a European bat in the genus Myotis. Known only from Greece and Hungary when it was first described in 2001, its known distribution has since expanded as far as Portugal, England, Sweden, and Russia. It is similar to the whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) and other species and is difficult to distinguish from them. However, its brown fur is distinctive and it is clearly different in characters of its karyotype and DNA sequences. It is most closely related to Myotis hyrcanicus from Iran, but otherwise has no close relatives.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Alcathoe bat (revision 1374332058), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1065510 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).