1. Two species, Southwestern Mouse-eared Bat(Myotis altarium)and Whiskered bat(Myotis mystacinus) have been listed as near threatened(NT)species.

2. Escalera's bat (Myotis escalerai) is a European bat in the genus Myotis, found in Spain (including the Balearic Islands), Portugal, and far southern France.

3. 13 This is Myotis tricolor, a relatively common savanna species that is widespread across Africa.

4. KINGDOM: Animalia PHYLUM: Chordata CLASS: Mammalia ORDER: Chiroptera FAMILY: Vespertilionidae SUBFAMILY: Myotinae GENUS: Myotis SPECIES: lucifugus

5. Scientific name: Myotis Bechsteinii The Bechstein's bat is a very rare bat that lives in woodland and roosts in old woodpecker holes or tree crevices

6. When the predictions from the multivariate analysis of the data for the genus Myotis are used with data from other bats, they suggest that 5 species of Nycteris are gleaners, while 11 species of Eptesicus are either aerial feeders or feed over water.