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The specific name 
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FIG. 1. Neighbor-joining tree of European long-eared bats, based on 555 bp of mitochondrial 16S gene fragment (TrN substitution model with I = 0 and γ- shape parameter α = 0.4882); bootstrap support values are indicated for neighbor-joining (left) and maximum parsimony (right) trees; 2,000 replicates were analysed. Abbreviations of haplotypes are the same as in 
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except for the samples from Sardinia Sar1̅Sar22 (see Appendix)
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TABLE 1. Corrected molecular distances (TrN + G, above diagonal) and mean substitution rates (below diagonal) among major 
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(1) 
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(2) 
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(3) 
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(4) 
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(5) 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9FFF96D1F4FDDA170AF9FF" box="[134,383,623,649]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Specimens Examined</emphasis>
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September 
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at 
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a.s.l.). Measurements (in mm): HB, 45; Tail, 51; Ear, 37.5; TL, 18.5; TW, 6.5; FA, 41.2; TH, 6.0; CL, 3.1; HF, 7.7; F2, 35.8; F3, 71.8; F4, 57.0; F5, 56.0; CaL, 18; SL, 17.10; CBL, 15.90; SH, 7.80; IOW, 3.65; M 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9FFF96D3DCFDDA1501F9FF" box="[686,884,623,649]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Other specimens</emphasis>
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One juvenile; found dead by M. Mucedda and E. Pidinchedda in the interior of a cave at Baccu Addas valley, Baunei district, province of Nuoro. Five individuals, 1 ♂ and 4 ♀♀? mist-netted by M. Mucedda, E. Pidinchedda and M. L. Bertelli near the Omodeo Lake (Ula Tirso District, Oristano Province), and subjected to morphometric measurements (see 
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), drawing of wing patterns and photography (
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), and then released. We took tissue samples for genetical analysis from all these individuals.
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9FFF96D3DCFBC91550FFE3" box="[686,805,1148,1173]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9FFF96D3AAFB0915E2FFA0" box="[728,919,1212,1238]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Plecotus sardus</emphasis>
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is unambiguously identifiable through DNA sequence analysis. The partial 16S rRNA sequence of the holotype (GenBank Accession No.
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TABLE 2. Body measurements of 
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<th id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD3FFFA0814B9FE86" box="[653,716,1469,1520]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Sar 15 ♀</th>
<th id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD385FA081540FE86" box="[759,821,1469,1520]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Sar 20 ♀</th>
<th id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD213FA0815EAFE86" box="[865,927,1469,1520]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Sar 21 ♀</th>
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<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD35BF9AF1429FD46" box="[553,604,1562,1584]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.0</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD3FFF9AF14B9FD46" box="[653,716,1562,1584]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.0</td>
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<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD025F98317F4FD3A" box="[343,385,1590,1612]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">3.1</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD0B3F983178DFD3A" box="[449,504,1590,1612]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">2.0</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD35BF9831429FD3A" box="[553,604,1590,1612]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">2.4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD3FFF98314B9FD3A" box="[653,716,1590,1612]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">2.5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD385F9831540FD3A" box="[759,821,1590,1612]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">2.5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD213F98315EAFD3A" box="[865,927,1590,1612]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">2.6</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD2ABF983127AFD3A" box="[985,1039,1590,1612]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">2.52</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD54AF9831217FD3A" box="[1080,1122,1590,1612]" gridcol="8" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">0.35</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD5E3F98312EBFD3A" box="[1169,1182,1590,1612]" gridcol="9" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9F006CD1F6F9E612EBFD1F" box="[132,1182,1619,1641]" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD1F6F9E6176DFD1F" box="[132,280,1619,1641]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Ear length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD025F9E617F4FD1F" box="[343,385,1619,1641]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">37.5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD0B3F9E6178DFD1F" box="[449,504,1619,1641]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">38.0</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD35BF9E61429FD1F" box="[553,604,1619,1641]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">38.6</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD3FFF9E614B9FD1F" box="[653,716,1619,1641]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">39.0</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD385F9E61540FD1F" box="[759,821,1619,1641]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">̅</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD213F9E615EAFD1F" box="[865,927,1619,1641]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">̅</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD2ABF9E6127AFD1F" box="[985,1039,1619,1641]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">38.28</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD54AF9E61217FD1F" box="[1080,1122,1619,1641]" gridcol="8" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">0.66</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD5E3F9E612EBFD1F" box="[1169,1182,1619,1641]" gridcol="9" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9F006CD1F6F9DA12EBFDF3" box="[132,1182,1647,1669]" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD1F6F9DA176DFDF3" box="[132,280,1647,1669]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Tragus length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD025F9DA17F4FDF3" box="[343,385,1647,1669]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">18.5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD0B3F9DA178DFDF3" box="[449,504,1647,1669]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">18.0</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD35BF9DA1429FDF3" box="[553,604,1647,1669]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">18.0</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD3FFF9DA14B9FDF3" box="[653,716,1647,1669]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">19.8</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD385F9DA1540FDF3" box="[759,821,1647,1669]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">18.9</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD213F9DA15EAFDF3" box="[865,927,1647,1669]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">19.2</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD2ABF9DA127AFDF3" box="[985,1039,1647,1669]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">18.73</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD54AF9DA1217FDF3" box="[1080,1122,1647,1669]" gridcol="8" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">0.71</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD5E3F9DA12EBFDF3" box="[1169,1182,1647,1669]" gridcol="9" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9F006CD1F6F93E12EBFDD7" box="[132,1182,1675,1697]" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD1F6F93E176DFDD7" box="[132,280,1675,1697]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Tragus width</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD025F93E17F4FDD7" box="[343,385,1675,1697]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD0B3F93E178DFDD7" box="[449,504,1675,1697]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.2</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD35BF93E1429FDD7" box="[553,604,1675,1697]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.0</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD3FFF93E14B9FDD7" box="[653,716,1675,1697]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD385F93E1540FDD7" box="[759,821,1675,1697]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD213F93E15EAFDD7" box="[865,927,1675,1697]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD2ABF93E127AFDD7" box="[985,1039,1675,1697]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.33</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD54AF93E1217FDD7" box="[1080,1122,1675,1697]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">0.20</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD5E3F93E12EBFDD7" box="[1169,1182,1675,1697]" gridcol="9" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9F006CD1F6F91D12EBFDC8" box="[132,1182,1704,1726]" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD1F6F91D17F4FDC8" box="[132,385,1704,1726]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">Hind foot length 7.7</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD0B3F91D178DFDC8" box="[449,504,1704,1726]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">7.5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD35BF91D1429FDC8" box="[553,604,1704,1726]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">7.0</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD3FFF91D14B9FDC8" box="[653,716,1704,1726]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">7.6</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD385F91D1540FDC8" box="[759,821,1704,1726]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.8</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD213F91D15EAFDC8" box="[865,927,1704,1726]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6.7</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD2ABF91D127AFDC8" box="[985,1039,1704,1726]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">7.22</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD54AF91D1217FDC8" box="[1080,1122,1704,1726]" gridcol="8" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">
<pageTitle id="CBA6EE8CFF9FFF96D54AF91D1217FDC8" box="[1080,1122,1704,1726]" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">0.44</pageTitle>
</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9F006CD5E3F91D12EBFDC8" box="[1169,1182,1704,1726]" gridcol="9" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="125">6</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF466663FF9CFF95D1F1FCC912F0F8E4" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3888600" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3888600" box="[131,1157,892,914]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3888600/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" startId="6.[131,144,892,914]" targetBox="[268,1062,159,852]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF9CFF95D1F1FCC912F0F8E4" blockId="6.[131,1157,892,914]" box="[131,1157,892,914]" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">
FIG. 2. 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D1BBFCC91714F8E4" box="[201,353,892,914]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">Plecotus sardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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[note the shape and length of tragus (an individual released after capture)]
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF9CFF95D1DFFAC11439FD0C" blockId="6.[131,648,958,1725]" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">
It differs in 24 substitutions (21 transitions, tis, and 3 transversions, tvs) from 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D303FA2216A3FEA7" authorityName="Lanza" authorityYear="1959" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auritus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D303FA2216A3FEA7" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(GenBank 
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), 21 substitutions (19 tis and 2 tvs) from 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D379FA6F14F3FE85" authorityName="Kiefer and Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[523,646,1497,1523]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D379FA6F14F3FE85" box="[523,646,1497,1523]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<accessionNumber id="946AAB08FF9CFF95D1F9FA4E1764FD63" box="[139,273,1531,1557]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/AY134017" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">AY134017</accessionNumber>
), 44 substitutions (37 tis and 7 tvs) from 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D185F9A817FBFD40" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1829" box="[247,398,1565,1590]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austriacus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D185F9A817FBFD40" box="[247,398,1565,1590]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. austriacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<accessionNumber id="946AAB08FF9CFF95D0EFF9A81456FD41" box="[413,547,1565,1591]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/AY134022" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">AY134022</accessionNumber>
), and 40 substitutions (35 tis and 5 tvs) from 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D333F98A177BFD0C" authorityName="Dulic" authorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolombatovici">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D333F98A177BFD0C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. kolombatovici</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<accessionNumber id="946AAB08FF9CFF95D06CF9D517D1FD0C" box="[286,420,1632,1658]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/AY134025" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">AY134025</accessionNumber>
), respectively.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF9CFF95D1DFF9371265FE19" blockId="6.[131,648,958,1725]" lastBlockId="6.[684,1201,958,1391]" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">
Like 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D19EF9371715FDEA" authorityName="Kiefer and Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[236,352,1666,1692]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D19EF9371715FDEA" box="[236,352,1666,1692]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D003F93717A9FDEA" authority="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith, 2002" authorityName="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[369,476,1666,1692]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sardus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D003F93717A9FDEA" box="[369,476,1666,1692]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. sardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27E5782FF9CFF95D097F9371437FDEA" box="[485,578,1666,1692]" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
combines typical morphological features of both 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D3DEFC0A156AF8AE" authorityName="Lanza" authorityYear="1959" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[684,799,959,984]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auritus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D3DEFC0A156AF8AE" box="[684,799,959,984]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D22FFC0A1582F8AE" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1829" box="[861,1015,959,984]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austriacus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D22FFC0A1582F8AE" box="[861,1015,959,984]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. austriacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<tableCitation id="C6BB0350FF9CFF95D57BFC0B1213F8AE" box="[1033,1126,958,984]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="7.[89,102,566,588]" captionTargetBox="[86,1649,642,1325]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="TABLE 3. Morphological characteristics of European Plecotus spp. (data from Hȃussler and Braun, 19911; Spitzenberger et al., 20022; Kiefer and Veith, 20023; A. Kiefer and O. von Helversen, unpubl. data4; authors̕ own data5)" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" tableUuid="DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E">Table 3</tableCitation>
). It is similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D25BFC5415E9F88C" authorityName="Lanza" authorityYear="1959" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[809,924,993,1018]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auritus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D25BFC5415E9F88C" box="[809,924,993,1018]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its brownish colour of dorsal pelage, length of thumb and length of thumb-claw; similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D2A8FB901205FF48" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1829" box="[986,1136,1061,1086]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austriacus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D2A8FB901205FF48" box="[986,1136,1061,1086]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. austriacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its whitish colour of ventral pelage, broadest width of tragus and length of forearm (
<tableCitation id="C6BB0350FF9CFF95D51FFBDD14C9FFD2" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="7.[89,102,566,588]" captionTargetBox="[86,1649,642,1325]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="TABLE 3. Morphological characteristics of European Plecotus spp. (data from Hȃussler and Braun, 19911; Spitzenberger et al., 20022; Kiefer and Veith, 20023; A. Kiefer and O. von Helversen, unpubl. data4; authors̕ own data5)" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" tableUuid="DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E">Table 3</tableCitation>
); and similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D2F0FB3E1583FFD2" authorityName="Kiefer and Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[898,1014,1162,1188]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D2F0FB3E1583FFD2" box="[898,1014,1162,1188]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the shape of the penis (
<figureCitation id="13022A6EFF9CFF95D25DFB19150FFFB0" box="[815,890,1196,1222]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[131,144,493,515]" captionTargetBox="[366,1033,159,456]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[362,1034,151,406]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 3. Shape of the penis (dorsal view) from the five European Plecotus spp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3888602" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3888602/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). However, 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D561FB1812F7FFB0" authority="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith, 2002" authorityName="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[1043,1154,1196,1222]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sardus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D561FB1812F7FFB0" box="[1043,1154,1196,1222]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. sardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27E5782FF9CFF95D5FCFB1914ABFF9E" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from all other European 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9CFF95D511FB7B14BBFE7F" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D511FB7B14BBFE7F" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">Plecotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. in the length of the tragus and the shape of the baculum (
<figureCitation id="13022A6EFF9CFF95D2C5FAA71275FE5A" box="[951,1024,1298,1324]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[131,144,1619,1641]" captionTargetBox="[179,1137,1001,1572]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[249,1152,994,1536]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 4. Dorsal view comparing the bacular shape of: (a) P. sardus sp. nov., (b) P. alpinus (Kiefer and Veith, 2002); (c) P. auritus (Topál, 1958); (d) P. teneriffae (Ibáñez and Fernandez, 1985); (e) P. kolombatovici (Đulić, 1980); (f) P. austriacus christii (Qumsiyeh, 1985); (g) P. austriacus wardi (Strelkov, 1988); and (h) P. austriacus (Topál, 1958). All bacula are redrawn in the same scale" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3888604" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3888604/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). Additionally, it differs from 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D22EFA811254FE3B" box="[860,1057,1331,1357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. kolombatovici</emphasis>
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in the forearm and ear lengths (
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).
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<subSubSection id="C3236560FF9CFF9AD3DEFA2F1563FFB3" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="129" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D3DEFA2F1542FEC5" box="[684,823,1434,1459]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">Description</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D3A4FA6D15E1FE84" box="[726,916,1496,1522]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">Plecotus sardus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27E5782FF9CFF95D2D3FA6D1275FE84" box="[929,1024,1496,1522]" pageId="6" pageNumber="126" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is larger than both 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D39AFA4E152CFD62" box="[744,857,1531,1556]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. auritus</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D2E1FA4E1223FD62" box="[915,1110,1530,1556]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. kolombatovici</emphasis>
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, reaching the size of specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D566F9A912DAFD43" box="[1044,1199,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. austriacus</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D394F98B1517FD2E" box="[742,866,1598,1624]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. alpinus</emphasis>
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. The dorsal fur is brown rather than reddish as in some 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9CFF95D541F9D512DDFD0F" box="[1075,1192,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="126">P. auritus</emphasis>
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. The hair is very fine and woolly, ca. 10 mm long and tri-coloured: to the first 6 mm are very dark brown-grey, the next 2.5 mm are whitish-light brown, and the terminal portion (1.5 mm) brown. The ventral pelage is whitish, tending to pale brown. The hair is ca. 7 mm long and bi-coloured: the basal 2/3 is dark brown, the terminal 1/3 is whitish. The brown colour of dorsal fur spreads slightly towards the neck and the change in colour between dorsal and ventral fur is abrupt and evident.
</paragraph>
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TABLE 3. Morphological characteristics of European 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9DFF94D32AFD8314DEF93A" box="[600,683,566,588]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Plecotus</emphasis>
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spp. (data from Häussler and Braun, 
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; Spitzenberger 
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., 
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; Kiefer and Veith, 
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; A. Kiefer and O. von Helversen, unpubl. data 
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; authors̕ own data 
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)
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<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FD371725F9EE" box="[86,336,642,664]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Character</th>
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFD37141AF9EE" box="[396,623,642,664]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9DFF94D080FD371443F9EE" authorityName="Lanza" authorityYear="1959" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[498,566,642,664]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auritus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9DFF94D080FD371443F9EE" box="[498,566,642,664]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">auritus</emphasis>
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</th>
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FD37151FF9EE" box="[689,874,642,664]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9DFF94D3AEFD371535F9EE" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1829" box="[732,832,642,664]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austriacus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9DFF94D3AEFD371535F9EE" box="[732,832,642,664]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">austriacus</emphasis>
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</th>
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FD37123AF9EE" box="[944,1103,642,664]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9DFF94D2CEFD371231F9EE" authorityName="Dulic" authorityYear="1980" box="[956,1092,642,664]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolombatovici">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9DFF94D2CEFD371231F9EE" box="[956,1092,642,664]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">kolombatovici</emphasis>
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</th>
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FD371314F9EE" box="[1154,1377,642,664]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9DFF94D5BDFD371363F9EE" authorityName="Kiefer and Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[1231,1302,642,664]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9DFF94D5BDFD371363F9EE" box="[1231,1302,642,664]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">alpinus</emphasis>
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<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FD371004F9EE" box="[1412,1649,642,664]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF9DFF94D4C0FD371384F9EE" authority="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith, 2002" authorityName="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[1458,1521,642,664]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sardus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9DFF94D4C0FD371384F9EE" box="[1458,1521,642,664]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">sardus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27E5782FF9DFF94D48AFD371036F9EE" box="[1528,1603,642,664]" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FD131725F9C9" box="[86,336,678,703]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Colour of dorsal fur</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFD13141AF9C9" box="[396,623,678,703]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">brown to reddish4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FD13151FF9C9" box="[689,874,678,703]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">grey4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FD13123AF9C9" box="[944,1103,678,703]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">brownish4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FD131314F9C9" box="[1154,1377,678,703]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">greyish-brown2</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FD131004F9C9" box="[1412,1649,678,703]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">brown5</td>
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<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FD771004F9AD" box="[86,1649,706,731]" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-5="1">
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FD771314F9AD" box="[1154,1377,706,731]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">pale grey3</td>
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<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FD6B1004F98E" box="[86,1649,734,760]" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FD6B1725F98E" box="[86,336,734,760]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Colour of ventral fur</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFD6B151FF98E" box="[396,874,734,760]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">yellowish-brown to creamy3 grey3</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FD6B123AF98E" box="[944,1103,734,760]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">whitish4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FD6B1314F98E" box="[1154,1377,734,760]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">white3, white-grey2</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FD6B1004F98E" box="[1412,1649,734,760]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">whitish to pale brown5</td>
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<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FD4F1004F862" box="[86,1649,762,788]" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FD4F1725F862" box="[86,336,762,788]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Forearm length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFD4F141AF862" box="[396,623,762,788]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">35.1̅43.52</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FD4F151FF862" box="[689,874,762,788]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">33.9̅42.12</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FD4F123AF862" box="[944,1103,762,788]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">36.2̅39.32</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FD4F1314F862" box="[1154,1377,762,788]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">39.6̅43.52</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FD4F1004F862" box="[1412,1649,762,788]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">40.9̅42.35</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FCA21004F846" box="[86,1649,791,816]" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-5="1">
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFCA2141AF846" box="[396,623,791,816]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">37.5̅39.71</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FCA2151FF846" box="[689,874,791,816]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">38.4̅42.01</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FCA21314F846" box="[1154,1377,791,816]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">39.7̅42.23</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FC861004F83A" box="[86,1649,819,844]" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-5="1">
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFC86141AF83A" box="[396,623,819,844]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">36.0̅43.54</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FC861314F83A" box="[1154,1377,819,844]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">40̅454</td>
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<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FCFA1004F81F" box="[86,1649,847,873]" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FCFA1725F81F" box="[86,336,847,873]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Tragus width</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFCFA141AF81F" box="[396,623,847,873]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">4.5̅5.51, &lt;5.54</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FCFA151FF81F" box="[689,874,847,873]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.7̅6.31,&gt;5.54</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FCFA123AF81F" box="[944,1103,847,873]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">4.5̅5.04</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FCFA1314F81F" box="[1154,1377,847,873]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.5̅6.03, 4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FCFA1004F81F" box="[1412,1649,847,873]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">6.0̅6.55</td>
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<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FCDE1004F8F3" box="[86,1649,875,901]" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FCDE1725F8F3" box="[86,336,875,901]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Tragus length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFCDE141AF8F3" box="[396,623,875,901]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">12.0̅13.71, &lt;15.54</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FCDE151FF8F3" box="[689,874,875,901]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">13.5̅16.11, 14̅164</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FCDE123AF8F3" box="[944,1103,875,901]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">12̅144</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FCDE1314F8F3" box="[1154,1377,875,901]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">16̅194</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FCDE1004F8F3" box="[1412,1649,875,901]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">18.0̅19.85</td>
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<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FC3D1004F8D7" box="[86,1649,904,929]" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FC3D1725F8D7" box="[86,336,904,929]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Ear length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFC3D141AF8D7" box="[396,623,904,929]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">35.0̅38.01</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FC3D151FF8D7" box="[689,874,904,929]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">35.0̅39.01</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FC3D123AF8D7" box="[944,1103,904,929]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">29.7̅34.12</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FC3D1314F8D7" box="[1154,1377,904,929]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">34̅38.32</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FC3D1004F8D7" box="[1412,1649,904,929]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">37.5̅39.05</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FC111004F8CB" box="[86,1649,932,957]" gridrow="10" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1">
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFC11141AF8CB" box="[396,623,932,957]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">26.2̅40.42</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FC11151FF8CB" box="[689,874,932,957]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">28.6̅412</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FC751004F8AC" box="[86,1649,960,986]" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FC751725F8AC" box="[86,336,960,986]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Thumb length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFC75141AF8AC" box="[396,623,960,986]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&gt;6.54</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FC75151FF8AC" box="[689,874,960,986]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&lt;6.54</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FC75123AF8AC" box="[944,1103,960,986]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&lt;6.54</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FC751314F8AC" box="[1154,1377,960,986]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&gt;6.53, 6.5̅7.03</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FC751004F8AC" box="[1412,1649,960,986]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">6.0̅6.45</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FC691004F880" box="[86,1649,988,1014]" gridrow="12" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FC691725F880" box="[86,336,988,1014]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Claw length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFC69141AF880" box="[396,623,988,1014]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&gt;24</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FC69151FF880" box="[689,874,988,1014]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&lt;24</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FC69123AF880" box="[944,1103,988,1014]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&lt;24</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FC691314F880" box="[1154,1377,988,1014]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&gt;23, 2.0̅2.83</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FC691004F880" box="[1412,1649,988,1014]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">2.0̅3.15</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FC4C1004FF64" box="[86,1649,1017,1042]" gridrow="13" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FC4C1725FF64" box="[86,336,1017,1042]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Hind foot length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFC4C141AFF64" box="[396,623,1017,1042]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">8.2̅8.91,&gt;94</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FC4C151FFF64" box="[689,874,1017,1042]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">6.8̅7.91, 7̅84</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FC4C123AFF64" box="[944,1103,1017,1042]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&lt;84</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FC4C1314FF64" box="[1154,1377,1017,1042]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">&gt;8.5̅9.03, 84</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FC4C1004FF64" box="[1412,1649,1017,1042]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">6.7̅7.75</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FBA01004FF59" box="[86,1649,1045,1071]" gridrow="14" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FBA01725FF59" box="[86,336,1045,1071]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">C̅M3</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFBA0141AFF59" box="[396,623,1045,1071]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.3̅5.51</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FBA0151FFF59" box="[689,874,1045,1071]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.8̅6.31</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FBA0123AFF59" box="[944,1103,1045,1071]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.16̅5.422</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FBA01314FF59" box="[1154,1377,1045,1071]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.36̅5.742</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FBA01004FF59" box="[1412,1649,1045,1071]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.755</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FB841004FF3D" box="[86,1649,1073,1099]" gridrow="15" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1">
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFB84141AFF3D" box="[396,623,1073,1099]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">4.85̅5.612</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FB84151FFF3D" box="[689,874,1073,1099]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.40̅6.292</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FBFB1004FFF5" box="[86,1649,1102,1155]" gridrow="16" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FBFB1725FFF5" box="[86,336,1102,1155]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">C̅M3</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFBFB141AFFF5" box="[396,623,1102,1155]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.8̅6.01 5.42̅6.002</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FBFB151FFFF5" box="[689,874,1102,1155]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">6.4̅6.71 6.14̅6.832</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FBFB123AFFF5" box="[944,1103,1102,1155]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.53̅5.832</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FBFB1314FFF5" box="[1154,1377,1102,1155]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">5.82̅6.162</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FBFB1004FFF5" box="[1412,1649,1102,1155]" gridcol="5" gridrow="16" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">6.205</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FB331004FFD6" box="[86,1649,1158,1184]" gridrow="17" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FB331725FFD6" box="[86,336,1158,1184]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Upper canine length</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFB33141AFFD6" box="[396,623,1158,1184]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">1.43̅1.852</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FB33151FFFD6" box="[689,874,1158,1184]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">1.93̅2.182</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FB33123AFFD6" box="[944,1103,1158,1184]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">1.61̅1.752</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FB331314FFD6" box="[1154,1377,1158,1184]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">1.77̅1.992</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FB331004FFD6" box="[1412,1649,1158,1184]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">1.505</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FB171004FFCA" box="[86,1649,1186,1212]" gridrow="18" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FB171725FFCA" box="[86,336,1186,1212]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Size of the protuberances</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFB17141AFFCA" box="[396,623,1186,1212]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">large (&gt; 2 mm)5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FB17151FFFCA" box="[689,874,1186,1212]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">small (&lt;1 mm)5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FB17123AFFCA" box="[944,1103,1186,1212]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">small (&lt;1 mm)5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FB171314FFCA" box="[1154,1377,1186,1212]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">medium (ca. 1̅2 mm)5</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FB171004FFCA" box="[1412,1649,1186,1212]" gridcol="5" gridrow="18" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">medium (ca. 1̅2 mm)5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FB771004FFAE" box="[86,1649,1218,1240]" gridrow="19" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FB771725FFAE" box="[86,336,1218,1240]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">over the eyes</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FB771004FFAE" box="[1412,1649,1218,1240]" gridcol="5" gridrow="19" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
(smaller than in 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF9DFF94D750FB77101CFFAE" box="[1570,1641,1218,1240]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">alpinus</emphasis>
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)
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FB6E1004FF82" box="[86,1649,1243,1268]" gridrow="20" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FB6E1725FF82" box="[86,336,1243,1268]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Penis shape</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFB6E141AFF82" box="[396,623,1243,1268]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">narrowing towards</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FB6E151FFF82" box="[689,874,1243,1268]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">club̅shaped4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FB6E123AFF82" box="[944,1103,1243,1268]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">club̅shaped4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FB6E1314FF82" box="[1154,1377,1243,1268]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">almost cylindrical,</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FB6E1004FF82" box="[1412,1649,1243,1268]" gridcol="5" gridrow="20" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">almost cylindrical,</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FB421004FE67" box="[86,1649,1271,1297]" gridrow="21" pageId="7" pageNumber="127" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1">
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFB42141AFE67" box="[396,623,1271,1297]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">the end4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FB421314FE67" box="[1154,1377,1271,1297]" gridcol="4" gridrow="21" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">pointed only at the tip4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FB421004FE67" box="[1412,1649,1271,1297]" gridcol="5" gridrow="21" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">pointed only at the tip5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350934A9FF9D006CD124FAA61004FE5B" box="[86,1649,1299,1325]" gridrow="22" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">
<th id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD124FAA61725FE5B" box="[86,336,1299,1325]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">Triangular pad at the chin</th>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD0FEFAA6141AFE5B" box="[396,623,1299,1325]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">no2, 4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD3C3FAA6151FFE5B" box="[689,874,1299,1325]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">no2, 4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD2C2FAA6123AFE5B" box="[944,1103,1299,1325]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">no2, 4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD5F0FAA61314FE5B" box="[1154,1377,1299,1325]" gridcol="4" gridrow="22" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">yes2, 4</td>
<td id="76D85DD5FF9D006CD4F6FAA61004FE5B" box="[1412,1649,1299,1325]" gridcol="5" gridrow="22" pageId="7" pageNumber="127">no5</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF466663FF92FF9BD1F1FE581504F975" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3888602" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3888602" box="[131,881,493,515]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3888602/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" targetBox="[366,1033,159,456]" targetPageId="8">
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF92FF9BD1F1FE581504F975" blockId="8.[131,881,493,515]" box="[131,881,493,515]" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">
FIG. 3. Shape of the penis (dorsal view) from the five European 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF92FF9BD382FE581536F975" box="[752,835,493,515]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">Plecotus</emphasis>
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spp.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF92FF9AD3A4FD8F1695FF6D" blockId="8.[684,1200,570,917]" lastBlockId="9.[134,649,957,1725]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="129" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">
The wing membranes are brown, tending slightly towards reddish. The plagiopatagium inserts at the base of the 5th toe. The tail is 51 mm long, with about 2.5 mm of the last caudal vertebra extending beyond the uropatagium. The calcar is 18 mm long and slightly bent, with a small lobe at the tip; it reaches approximately half the length of the edge of the uropatagium. The hind foot is similar in size to that of 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF92FF9BD540FCCE12DDF8E3" box="[1074,1192,891,917]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">P. alpinus</emphasis>
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, and almost as large as in 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD0A4FC0B1438F8A1" box="[470,589,958,983]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the hairs on the toes are shorter than in 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD301FC5516ACFF6D" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF92FF9BD1F1F9E615D3FDC8" blockId="8.[131,1200,1619,1726]" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">
FIG. 4. Dorsal view comparing the bacular shape of: (a) 
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, (b) 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF92FF9BD2E7F9E61583FD1F" box="[917,1014,1619,1641]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">P. alpinus</emphasis>
(
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</taxonomicName>
; (c) 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF92FF9BD19BF9C51730FDF3" box="[233,325,1648,1669]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">P. auritus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA84B1AFF92FF9BD020F9DA17BFFDF3" author="TOPAL, G." box="[338,458,1647,1669]" journalOrPublisher="Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarica" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" pagination="331" part="50" refId="ref7774" refString="TOPAL, G. 1958. Morphological studies on the os penis of bats in the Carpathian Basin. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarica, 50: 331 ‾ 342." title="Morphological studies on the os penis of bats in the Carpathian Basin" type="journal article" year="1958">Topál, 1958</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; (d) 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF92FF9BD08FF9C515EFFDF3" authority="(Ibanez and Fernandez, 1985)" baseAuthorityName="Ibanez and Fernandez" baseAuthorityYear="1985" box="[509,922,1647,1669]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="teneriffae">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF92FF9BD08FF9C51404FDF3" box="[509,625,1647,1669]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">P. teneriffae</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA84B1AFF92FF9BD30CF9DA15E1FDF3" author="IBANEZ, C. &amp; R. FERNANDEZ" box="[638,916,1647,1669]" journalOrPublisher="Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" pagination="143" part="32" refId="ref6436" refString="IBANEZ, C., and R. FERNANDEZ. 1985. Systematic status of the long-eared bat Plecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907 (Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 32: 143 ‾ 149." title="Systematic status of the long-eared bat Plecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907 (Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae)" type="journal article" year="1985">Ibáñez and Fernandez, 1985</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; (e) 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF92FF9BD2B4F9C516CBFDD7" authority="(Dulic, 1980)" baseAuthorityName="Dulic" baseAuthorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolombatovici">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF92FF9BD2B4F9C51213FDF3" box="[966,1126,1647,1669]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">P. kolombatovici</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA84B1AFF92FF9BD501F9DA16C2FDD7" author="DULIC, B." bookContentInfo="434 pp." editor="D. E. WILSON &amp; A. L. GARDNER" journalOrPublisher="Texas Tech Press, Lubbock" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" refId="ref6270" refString="DULIC, B. 1980. Morphological characteristics and distribution of Plecotus auritus and Plecotus austriacus in some regions of Yugoslavia. Pp. 151 ‾ 161, in Proceedings of the 5 th International Bat Research Conference (D. E. WILSON and A. L. GARDNER, eds.). Texas Tech Press, Lubbock, 434 pp." title="Morphological characteristics and distribution of Plecotus auritus and Plecotus austriacus in some regions of Yugoslavia. Pp. 151 ‾ 161" type="book" volumeTitle="Proceedings of the 5 th International Bat Research Conference" year="1980">Đulić, 1980</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; (f) 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF92FF9BD196F939142BFDD7" authority="(Qumsiyeh, 1985)" baseAuthorityName="Qumsiyeh" baseAuthorityYear="1985" box="[228,606,1675,1697]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="austriacus" subSpecies="christii">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF92FF9BD196F93917DDFDD7" box="[228,424,1675,1697]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">P. austriacus christii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA84B1AFF92FF9BD0C6F93E1422FDD7" author="QUMSIYEH, M. B." box="[436,599,1675,1697]" journalOrPublisher="Special Publications the Museum Texas Tech University" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" pagination="1" part="23" refId="ref7195" refString="QUMSIYEH, M. B. 1985. The bats of Egypt. Special Publications the Museum Texas Tech University, 23: 1 ‾ 102." title="The bats of Egypt" type="journal article" year="1985">Qumsiyeh, 1985</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; (g) 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF92FF9BD3FAF9391597FDD7" authority="(Strelkov, 1988)" baseAuthorityName="Strelkov" baseAuthorityYear="1988" box="[648,994,1675,1697]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="austriacus" subSpecies="wardi">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF92FF9BD3FAF939154AFDD7" box="[648,831,1675,1697]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="128">P. austriacus wardi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA84B1AFF92FF9BD239F93E15A9FDD7" author="STRELKOV, P. P." box="[843,988,1675,1697]" journalOrPublisher="Zoologicheskii Zhurnal" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" pagination="90" part="67" refId="ref7453" refString="STRELKOV, P. P. 1988. Brown (Plecotus auritus) and grey (P. austriacus) bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in the USSR. ‾ Communication I. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 67: 90 ‾ 101. [in Russian]." title="Brown (Plecotus auritus) and grey (P. austriacus) bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in the USSR. ‾ Communication I" type="journal article" year="1988">Strelkov, 1988</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; and (h) 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF92FF9BD546F9391466FDC8" authority="(Topal, 1958)" baseAuthorityName="Topal" baseAuthorityYear="1958" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austriacus">
P. austriacus (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA84B1AFF92FF9BD0E6F91D1479FDC8" author="TOPAL, G." box="[404,524,1704,1726]" journalOrPublisher="Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarica" pageId="8" pageNumber="128" pagination="331" part="50" refId="ref7774" refString="TOPAL, G. 1958. Morphological studies on the os penis of bats in the Carpathian Basin. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarica, 50: 331 ‾ 342." title="Morphological studies on the os penis of bats in the Carpathian Basin" type="journal article" year="1958">Topál, 1958</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. All bacula are redrawn in the same scale
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF93FF9AD1F4FCC81228F8E5" blockId="9.[134,1117,893,915]" box="[134,1117,893,915]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">
FIG. 5. Cranium (dorsal, ventral, and lateral views) and mandible of the holotype of 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD2C1FCCB127EF8E5" authority="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith, 2002" authorityName="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[947,1035,893,915]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sardus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD2C1FCCB127EF8E5" box="[947,1035,893,915]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. sardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27E5782FF93FF9AD563FCC81228F8E5" box="[1041,1117,893,915]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF93FF9AD1DDFB96147DFEF8" blockId="9.[134,649,957,1725]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">
The ears are large, ca. 37.5 mm long, pale-brown with a reddish hue. The tragus is very large, 18.5 mm long, pale brown tending towards yellowish-white, and it is more or less straight (see 
<figureCitation id="13022A6EFF93FF9AD0B7FB1C1465FFB5" box="[453,528,1193,1219]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="6.[131,144,892,914]" captionTargetBox="[268,1062,159,852]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[268,1062,156,853]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIG. 2. Plecotus sardus sp. nov. [note the shape and length of tragus (an individual released after capture)]" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3888600" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3888600/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). It is the longest tragus among the European longeared bats and is one of the most important characters for distinguishing this species from other European 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD0E8FA85178AFE3C" box="[410,511,1328,1354]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD0E8FA85178AFE3C" box="[410,511,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">Plecotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<tableCitation id="C6BB0350FF93FF9AD365FA85140CFE3C" box="[535,633,1328,1354]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="7.[89,102,566,588]" captionTargetBox="[86,1649,642,1325]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="TABLE 3. Morphological characteristics of European Plecotus spp. (data from Hȃussler and Braun, 19911; Spitzenberger et al., 20022; Kiefer and Veith, 20023; A. Kiefer and O. von Helversen, unpubl. data4; authors̕ own data5)" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" tableUuid="DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E">Table 3</tableCitation>
). The maximum tragus width is 6.5 mm, which is similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD01BFAC01474FEF8" baseAuthorityName="Topal" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[361,513,1397,1422]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austriacus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD01BFAC01474FEF8" box="[361,513,1397,1422]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. austriacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF93FF9AD1DDFA231472FD0C" blockId="9.[134,649,957,1725]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">
The muzzle is narrower and less swollen than in 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD195FA0D1729FEA7" baseAuthorityName="Topal" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[231,348,1464,1489]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auritus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD195FA0D1729FEA7" box="[231,348,1464,1489]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Its colour is pale rosybrown, without the dark mask typical for 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD301FA6F1775FD63" baseAuthorityName="Topal" baseAuthorityYear="1958" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austriacus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD301FA6F1775FD63" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. austriacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The protuberances over the eyes are 1 mm wide (
<tableCitation id="C6BB0350FF93FF9AD022F9A917DBFD40" box="[336,430,1564,1590]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="7.[89,102,566,588]" captionTargetBox="[86,1649,642,1325]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="TABLE 3. Morphological characteristics of European Plecotus spp. (data from Hȃussler and Braun, 19911; Spitzenberger et al., 20022; Kiefer and Veith, 20023; A. Kiefer and O. von Helversen, unpubl. data4; authors̕ own data5)" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" tableUuid="DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E">Table 3</tableCitation>
), with a few long and straight hairs. Evident under the chin is a glandular wart that lacks hairs.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF93FF9AD1DDF9371563FFB3" blockId="9.[134,649,957,1725]" lastBlockId="9.[686,1202,957,1527]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">
The penis is almost cylindrical, only slightly rounded, and pointed only at the tip (
<figureCitation id="13022A6EFF93FF9AD3C5FC08148BF8A1" box="[695,766,957,983]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[131,144,493,515]" captionTargetBox="[366,1033,159,456]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[362,1034,151,406]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 3. Shape of the penis (dorsal view) from the five European Plecotus spp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3888602" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3888602/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Although the shape of the penis resembles that of 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD21FFC551597F88F" baseAuthorityName="Kiefer and Veith" baseAuthorityYear="2002" box="[877,994,991,1017]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD21FFC551597F88F" box="[877,994,991,1017]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the shape of the baculum is clearly different (
<figureCitation id="13022A6EFF93FF9AD568FBB4121CFF6D" box="[1050,1129,1025,1051]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[131,144,1619,1641]" captionTargetBox="[179,1137,1001,1572]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[249,1152,994,1536]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 4. Dorsal view comparing the bacular shape of: (a) P. sardus sp. nov., (b) P. alpinus (Kiefer and Veith, 2002); (c) P. auritus (Topál, 1958); (d) P. teneriffae (Ibáñez and Fernandez, 1985); (e) P. kolombatovici (Đulić, 1980); (f) P. austriacus christii (Qumsiyeh, 1985); (g) P. austriacus wardi (Strelkov, 1988); and (h) P. austriacus (Topál, 1958). All bacula are redrawn in the same scale" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3888604" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3888604/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). The shape of the baculum resembles that of 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD5EEFB911574FF29" baseAuthorityName="Topal" baseAuthorityYear="1958" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auritus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD5EEFB911574FF29" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but is smaller and proportionally wider at the base, 0.80 mm long and 0.71 mm wide. The proximal part is ventrally concave.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3236560FF93FF9AD3AAFB781483FE81" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF93FF9AD3AAFB781483FE81" blockId="9.[686,1202,957,1527]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">
According to the skull of the holotype (
<figureCitation id="13022A6EFF93FF9AD3C5FB5A148AFE7F" box="[695,767,1263,1289]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="9.[134,147,893,915]" captionTargetBox="[131,1204,156,869]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[131,1207,156,872]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIG. 5. Cranium (dorsal, ventral, and lateral views) and mandible of the holotype of P. sardus sp. nov." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3888607" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3888607/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
), 
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<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD265FB4515F7FE7F" box="[791,898,1263,1289]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. sardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27E5782FF93FF9AD2F8FB5A1593FE7F" box="[906,998,1263,1289]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is different in its C̅M 
<superScript id="7C4C9BA3FF93FF9AD399FAB81480FE69" attach="left" box="[747,757,1293,1311]" fontSize="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">3</superScript>
and C̅M 
<subScript id="17BD34AEFF93FF9AD203FA95150EFE44" attach="left" box="[881,891,1312,1330]" fontSize="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">3</subScript>
lengths from other European 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD39CFA861526FE3B" box="[750,851,1331,1357]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD39CFA861526FE3B" box="[750,851,1331,1357]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">Plecotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, except 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD561FA8112DFFE3B" baseAuthorityName="Topal" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[1043,1194,1332,1357]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austriacus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD561FA8112DFFE3B" box="[1043,1194,1332,1357]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. austriacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The upper canine from 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD2B5FAE31247FE19" authority="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith, 2002" authorityName="Mucedda &amp; Kiefer &amp; Pidinchedda &amp; Veith" authorityYear="2002" box="[967,1074,1365,1391]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sardus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD2B5FAE31247FE19" box="[967,1074,1365,1391]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. sardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27E5782FF93FF9AD548FAE012E3FE19" box="[1082,1174,1365,1391]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is as small as in 
<taxonomicName id="4C394D68FF93FF9AD21BFACD15ABFEE7" baseAuthorityName="Topal" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[873,990,1400,1425]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Plecotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auritus">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD21BFACD15ABFEE7" box="[873,990,1400,1425]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">P. auritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<tableCitation id="C6BB0350FF93FF9AD281FAC21227FEE7" box="[1011,1106,1399,1425]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="7.[89,102,566,588]" captionTargetBox="[86,1649,642,1325]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="TABLE 3. Morphological characteristics of European Plecotus spp. (data from Hȃussler and Braun, 19911; Spitzenberger et al., 20022; Kiefer and Veith, 20023; A. Kiefer and O. von Helversen, unpubl. data4; authors̕ own data5)" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" tableUuid="DF466663FF9DFF94D12BFD8314B2F91E">Table 3</tableCitation>
). Compared to the upper canine and the 2nd upper premolar, the 1st upper premolar is very small.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3236560FF93FF99D3DCF99417A0F947" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="130" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF93FF9AD3DCF994154BFD4D" blockId="9.[686,830,1569,1595]" box="[686,830,1569,1595]" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">
<heading id="D0CE8187FF93FF9AD3DCF994154BFD4D" bold="true" box="[686,830,1569,1595]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="129" reason="0">
<emphasis id="B94DEAF9FF93FF9AD3DCF994154BFD4D" box="[686,830,1569,1595]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">Distribution</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8636EBFF93FF99D3AAF9EA17A0F947" blockId="9.[686,1202,1631,1725]" lastBlockId="10.[131,647,159,561]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="130" pageId="9" pageNumber="129">The species is currently known only from the type locality and two additional locations on Sardinia. These three localities are separated by a distance of about 60 km and occur within the most wooded regions of the island. Two localities, including the type locality, are situated in limestone mountain regions of middle-east Sardinia. There are numerous natural caves, included in the ̒National Park of Gennargentu and Orosei Gulf̕, which is relatively close to the sea coast. The third locality is situated at a low elevation above sea level in the central part of the island, where the Tirso River is fed from an artificial lake.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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