Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857), Miller 1912, Pohle 1953, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1979, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1984, Hanak et al. 2001, Benda et al. 2009, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023 Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
Plecotus macrobullaris Kuzjakin, 1965, Hanak et al. 2001, Juste et al. 2004, Benda et al. 2009, Georgiakakis et al. 2023 Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Miller 1912, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1983b, Hanak et al. 2001, Benda et al. 2009, Beron 2016, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023 Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Benda et al. 2009, Benda et al. 2019, Benda et al. 2022, Georgiakakis et al. 2023 Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
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