Distribution Matrix European Bats

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Keywords

Distribution matrix; Europe; Chiroptera

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Geographic Coverage

Europe

Taxonomic Coverage

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Bibliographic Citations

1. Baron, B. (2007). A look at the Chiropteran Fauna of the Maltese Islands: Towards an effective action plan for their conservation. Xjenza, 12, Article 120201.
2. Ferreira, D. F., Gibb, R., López-Baucells, A., Nunes, N. J., Jones, K. E., & Rocha, R. (2022). Species-specific responses to land-use change in island insectivorous bats. Journal of Nature Conservation, 67, 126177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126177
3. Fichera, G., Mucedda, M., Russo, D., Tomassini, A., Kiefer, A., Veith, M., & Ancillotto, L. (2022). Pantelleria Island (Sicily, Italy): A biogeographic crossroad for bats between Africa and Europe. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 33(2), 134–137. https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00503-2021
4. Dietz, Christian & Kiefer, Andreas. (2014). Fledermäuse Europas.
5. R. Gabriel & P.A. V. Borges (Editors). Guia Prático da Fauna Terrestre dos Açores / Field Guide of Azorean Terrestrial Fauna. pp. 228-229. Instituto Açoriano de Cultura, Angrado Heroísmo.
6. González-Dionis, J., Castillo Ruiz, C., Cruzado-Caballero, P., Cadavid-Melero, E., & Crespo, V. D. (2022). First study of the bat fossil record of the mid-Atlantic volcanic islands. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 113(1), 13–27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691021000384
7. Puechmaille, S. J., Dool, S., Beuneux, G., & Ruedi, M. (2023). Newly described and already endangered: A new mammal species endemic to Corsica. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 130(2), 335–351. https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0108
8. Román, J., Cabezas-León, S. M., Calzada, J., & Giménez, J. (2025). An updated checklist of the mammal species of Spain with notes on exclusions, additions, and taxonomic changes. Galemys, 37, 29–61. https://doi.org/10.7325/Galemys.2025.A4

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