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Northern Bat Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling and Blasius, 1839)

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Handbook of the Mammals of Europe

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Abstract

This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology, including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality, and behavior. The economic significance and management of mammals and future challenges for research and conservation are addressed as well. The chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal, and a list of key literature.

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We thank Tanya Troitsky and Mariina Gunther for help with measuring northern bat samples in the collections of the Finnish Museum of Natural History, Vitali Razumov and Axel Donning for help with translating Russian and German language literature and Kio Kohonen for searching for northern bat remains from owl nests. We would also like to thank Jens Rydell and Johnny de Jong for their valuable comments on the chapter, and Niclas Fritzén, Harry Lehto, and Katarina Meramo for the beautiful photographs they provided us for this chapter.

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Suominen, K.M., Kotila, M., Blomberg, A.S., Pihlström, H., Ilyukha, V., Lilley, T.M. (2022). Northern Bat Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling and Blasius, 1839). In: Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E. (eds) Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_45-1

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