Corsican Bat :: Myotis Nustrale

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 061

On today’s show we learn about the Corsican Bat, a critically endangered flying mammal native to the French island territory of Corsica in the Mediterranean Ocean.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (30:46) Citations
• (32:42) Music
• (40:26) Pledge

For more information about Corsican Bat conservation see the Corsica Bat Group, in French: Groupe Chiroptères Corse at https://chauvesouriscorse.fr

Big thanks and deep gratitude to Kate Derrick at the Corsica Bat Group for sharing her expertise, insights and her work with us. It was so inspiring to speak with her.

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Aulagnier, S., Beuneux, G. & Russo, D. 2024. Myotis nustrale. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T248107314A248107503. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T248107314A248107503.en
• Derrick, K. Groupe Chiroptères Corse (Community Manager, Communications Manager, Scientific Officer). Interview by Joshua Dumas, October 30, 2025
• Derrick, K. and Beuneux, G. 2024. L’espèce endémique de Corse, Myotis nustrale, enfin décrite officiellement ! Envol des Chiros 36: 12-13. – https://www.sfepm.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/EDC36.pdf
• Groupe chiroptères Corse, 2019 - Programme d'étude concernant l'amélioration des connaissances sur l'écologie d'une nouvelle espèce de chauve-souris endémique à la Corse : Myotis sp. C (ex - Myotis nattereri) - Année 2018 – https://gaia.oec.fr/documents/39037ba8a97630e6c387281c39766ece.pdf
• Javier Juste, Manuel Ruedi, Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Irene Salicini, Carlos Ibáñez "Two New Cryptic Bat Species within the Myotis nattereri Species Complex (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) from the Western Palaearctic," Acta Chiropterologica, 20(2), 285-300, (14 February 2019) – https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.2.001
• Martinetti, Jean-Michel dir. Belle de Nuit. France 3 Corse ViaStella and Mediterranean Dream Productions, 2024. 52 min – https://www.france.tv/france-3/corse-viastella/corsica-salvatica/6717952-regards-croises-sur-le-monde-animal.html
• Office de l'Environnement de la Corse. Faune Sauvage de Corse. Murin de Corse. – https://faunesauvagedecorse.oec.fr/Espece_mpage_224_idtaxon,4905.htm
• One Earth – https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/corsican-montane-broadleaf-and-mixed-forests/
• Schmidbauer, P., & Denzinger, A. (2019). Social calls of Myotis nattereri during swarming: Call structure mirrors the different behavioral context. PloS one, 14(9), e0221792. – https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221792
• Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Benjamin Allegrini, Emma S.M. Boston, Marie-Jo Dubourg-Savage, Allowen Evin, Alexandre Knochel, Yann Le Bris, Vincent Lecoq, Michèle Lemaire, Delphine Rist, Emma C. Teeling. Genetic analyses reveal further cryptic lineages within the Myotis nattereri species complex. Mammalian Biology, Volume 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-228. – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2011.11.004
• Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Serena Dool, Gregory Beuneux, Manuel Ruedi "Newly described and already endangered: a new mammal species endemic to Corsica," Revue suisse de Zoologie, 130(2), 335-351, (18 October 2023) – https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0108
• Stoecklé, Tanguy and Amiguet, Marie, dir. Les Ailes du Maquis. Stéphane Quinson and Les Films du Tambour de Soie, 2021. 52 min. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDDDnAfMbFQ

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