Lesser mouse-eared bat

Lesser mouse-eared bat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. blythii
Binomial name
Myotis blythii
(Tomes, 1857)
Myotis blythii distribution
Synonyms
  • Vespertilio blythii Tomes, 1857
  • Vespertilio oxygnathus Monticelli, 1885
  • Myotis oxygnathus Monticelli, 1885

The lesser mouse-eared bat or lesser mouse-eared myotis (Myotis blythii) is a species of insectivorous bat in the family Vespertilionidae. This species has a wide distribution from the Iberian Peninsula to China.