Bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Orenburg Oblast ...

• Main Authors: Snit'ko, V. P., Snit'ko, L. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Myotis nattereri; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus nathusii; Vespertilio murinus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13427943; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13427943

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) New and old data on all 16 bat species recorded in Orenburg oblast, Southern Urals, Russia, including places and dates of their records, their relative abundances and occurrences, their age and sex compositions, the pattern of their stay, and their distribution, and environmental status, are summarized. The species Vespertilio murinus, Pipistrellus nathusii, Nyctalus noctula, Myotis dasycneme, M. daubentonii, and probably Eptesicus serotinus are particularly widespread and abundant in Orenburg oblast (92.1% of all trapped bats). Two other species, Plecotus auritus and Myotis brandtii, are widespread, but with low abundance (3.6% of all captured individuals). Four species (Myotis davidii, Eptesicus nilssonii, Nyctalus leisleri, and Pipistrellus kuhlii) (3.7%) are rare and distributed locally, and Nyctalus lasiopterus, Myotis nattereri, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, and Myotis mystacinus (0.6%) are very rare. Compared to other Ural regions, Orenburg oblast supports a ...