The red list of endangered species in France has just been published and shows that 11 mammal species on 119 assessed are threatened with extinction of the metropolitan. On 34 cash of bats present in the area, one is classified as critically endangered (CR; Rhinolophus mehelyi), three vulnerable (VU; Miniopterus schreibersii, Myotis capaccini & Myotis punicus), seven near-threatened (NT; Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale, Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis blythii, Nyctalus noctula, Nyctalus leisleri, Pipistrellus nathusii) and 18 minor concern in (LC; see list on press release), 4 insufficient data in (DD; Myotis escalerai, Nyctalus lasiopterus, Plecotus macrobullaris & Bat murinus) and finally, a species was not evaluated because a species considered in this metropolis of marginal or occasional (IN; Myotis dasycneme).
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