Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kamila, Ivanova & Gueorguieva 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Soufli / Closest settlement: Dadia
• Spilaio Vromoneras, Sarbu et al. 2024
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Konitsa / Closest settlement: Kavasila

IUCN Red List

NT - Near Threatened

Greece's Red Data Book

NT - Near Threatened

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Ivanova, T. & Gueorguieva, A. 2004. Bats (Mammalia : Chiroptera) of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) – species diversity , zoogeography and faunal patterns. In Beron, Petar;Popov, A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Publisher. pp. 907-927.
• Sarbu SM, Brad T, Băncilă RI, Ştefan A 2024. Exploring Biodiversity and Food Webs in Sulfur Cave in the Vromoner Canyon on the Greek–Albanian Border. Diversity. 2024; 16(8):477. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16080477

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 08.02.2018, Accessed 17.04.2026