§16§§ This volume provides comprehensive overviews of each European bat species' biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European bats and will appeal to academics, students and professionals in mammal research.§ §04§§Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814) - European free-tailed bat.- Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774) - greater horseshoe bat.- Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800) - lesser horseshoe bat.- Rhinolophus euryale Blasius, 1853 - Mediterranean horseshoe bat.- Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866 - Blasius' horseshoe bat.- Rhinolophus mehelyi Matschie, 1901 - Mehely's horseshoe bat.- Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) - barbastelle.- Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774) - serotine.- Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling 〓04§ed bat.- Myotis aurascens Kusjakin, 1935 - steppe whiskered bat, Eastern whiskered bat.- Myotis alcathoe von Helversen 〓04§Kuhl's pipistrelle.- Pipistrellus maderensis Dobson, 1878 - Madeiran pipistrelle.- Plecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamiton, 1907 - Canary long-eared bat.- Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) - common long-eared bat, brown long-eared bat.- Plecotus austriacus (Fischer, 1829) - grey long-eared bat.- Plecotus macrobullaris (Kusjakin, 1965) - Alpine long-eared bat.- Plecotus kolombatovici (Dulic, 1980) - Kolombatovic's long-eared bat, Balkan long-eared bat.- Plecotus sardus Mucedda 〓 §02§§Danilo Russo is an animal ecologist mainly working on vertebrates (especially bats and more recently rodents) but also on a flagship long-horned beetle, the Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina). His research interests cover a range of topics, including habitat selection, resource partitioning, sensory ecology, social behaviour, evolutionary biology, biogeography and conservation biology. He is currently leading Wildlife Research Unit at University of Naples Federico II.§
