Tiunov M.P., Proskuryakova A.A., Baturina A.K., Perelman P.L., Graphodatsky A.S.
Zoologicheskiy zhurnal 2022; 101(12): 1424-1428
Based on comparative morphometrics and molecular genetic analysis for two regions of mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase), a bat capured in the south of the Primorye Province, Russian Far East, was identified as belonging to a species new to Russia: Eptesicus pachyomus, which ranges from Iran to Korea. According to genetic data, the bat forms a separate branch within the species, whereas morphometry showed it to be closer to the subspecies E. p. pallens. A detailed phylogeographic study within the species E. pachyomus is required to accurately determine the subspecies.
