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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Chiroptera > Family: Vespertilionidae > Genus: Myotis > Species: Myotis punicus

Myotis punicus Felten, 1977

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Near Threatened (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 3 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	17 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	cropland sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in	heathland and shrub urban woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code	5005

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Data Deficient

Europe

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ITB022212	Italy	Supramonte di Oliena, Orgosolo e Urzulei - Su Sercone	Map
ITB021107	Italy	Monte Albo	Map
ITB011102	Italy	Catena del Marghine e del Goceano	Map
ITB040031	Italy	Monte Arcuentu e Rio Piscinas	Map
ITB041111	Italy	Monte Linas - Marganai	Map
ITB010009	Italy	Capo Figari e Isola Figarolo	Map
ITB043055	Italy	Monte dei Sette Fratelli	Map
ITB020014	Italy	Golfo di Orosei	Map
ITB041105	Italy	Foresta di Monte Arcosu	Map
ITB013018	Italy	Capo Figari, Cala Sabina, Punta Canigione e Isola Figarolo	Map
ITB020015	Italy	Area del Monte Ferru di Tertenia	Map
ITB021103	Italy	Monti del Gennargentu	Map
ITB032228	Italy	Is Arenas	Map
ITB010043	Italy	Coste e Isolette a Nord Ovest della Sardegna	Map
ITB012212	Italy	Sa Rocca Ulari	Map
ITB012213	Italy	Grotta de Su Coloru	Map
ITB013049	Italy	Campu Giavesu	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection. (All species of Microchiroptera)	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (All species of Microchiroptera except Pipistrellus pipistrellus)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement. (Migratory species of Vespertilionidae)	http://www.cms.int/
Agreement on the conservation of Populations of European Bats. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (EUROBATS)		http://www.eurobats.org/ http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family

Common names and synonyms

The species has no common names

Synonym	Author
All species of Microchiroptera
All species of Microchiroptera except Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Migratory species of Vespertilionidae

Other resources

Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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