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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Chiroptera > Family: Vespertilionidae > Genus: Eptesicus > Species: Eptesicus serotinus

Serotine - Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 3 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	1 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	grassland heathland and shrub sparsely vegetated land urban wetlands woodland and forest
May also occur in	agricultural mosaics cropland rivers and lakes
Natura 2000 species code	1327

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
CY4000001	Cyprus	PERIOCHI POLIS - GIALIA	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection. (All species of Microchiroptera)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (All species of Microchiroptera except Pipistrellus pipistrellus)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details.	http://www.cms.int/
Agreement on the conservation of Populations of European Bats. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (EUROBATS)			http://www.eurobats.org/ http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Breitflügelfledermaus	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Etelänlepakko	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hilis-nahkhiir	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Közönséges késeidenevér	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Laatvlieger	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lakuriqnate serotine	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Liliacul-cu-aripi-late	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Morcego-hortelão	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Murciélago de huerta	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Netopier pozdný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pozni netopir	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Serotin	Maltese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Serotine	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sérotine commune	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Serotino comune	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Síðblaka	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sydfladdermus	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sydflagermus	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sørflaggermus	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Vespertilio boscai	Cabrera, 1904
Vespertilio serotinus	Schreber, 1774
Vespertillio isabellinus	Cabrera, 1904
Vesperugo serotinus	Blasius, 1857
Vespertilio wiedii	Brehm, 1827
Vespertilio serotine	Müller, 1776
Vespertilio okenii	Brehm, 1827
Vespertilio incisivus	Crespon, 1844
Cateorus serotinus	Koch, 1863
All species of Microchiroptera
All species of Microchiroptera except Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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