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A Species of Bat, Eptesicus pachyomus (Tomes 1857) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), New to the Fauna of Russia

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Based on comparative morphometrics and molecular genetic analyses for two key regions of mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase), a bat captured in the southern part of Primorskii krai, 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 is allocated to a separate branch within the species, whereas morphometry showed it to be closer to the subspecies pallens. A detailed phylogeographic study within the species E. pachyomus is required to determine the subspecies reliably.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to O.V. Ufyrkina for assistance in taking samples for genetic analysis.

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This work was carried out within the framework of a State Assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (subject no. 121031000153-7) and with partial financial support from the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-14-00034-P, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-04-60212 Viruses.

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  1. Federal Science Center of East Asian Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia

    M. P. Tiunov

  2. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    A. A. Proskuryakova, A. K. Baturina, P. L. Perelman & A. S. Graphodatsky

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Tiunov, M.P., Proskuryakova, A.A., Baturina, A.K. et al. A Species of Bat, Eptesicus pachyomus (Tomes 1857) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), New to the Fauna of Russia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 50, 2045–2049 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359023080307

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