Şura Mare cave (Romania) - the most important known hibernating roost for Pipistrellus pygmaeus Leach, 1825 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ...

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The Sura Mare cave from Romania is one of the largest roost for hibernating colonies of bats with more than 40,000 individuals. Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus are prevalent species with more than 34,000 individuals in mixed colonies. Othe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Murariu, Dumitru, Gheorghiu, Victor
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2010
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Chordata
Animalia
bats
bat
Barbastella barbastellus
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13439386
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13439386
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Summary:(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The Sura Mare cave from Romania is one of the largest roost for hibernating colonies of bats with more than 40,000 individuals. Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus are prevalent species with more than 34,000 individuals in mixed colonies. Other 6 bat species are less represented (e.g. Rhinolophus ferrumequinum only 500 individuals) but Miniopterus schreibersii's colony counts 3,500 individuals. From the total of 8 identified bat species, 5 are a priority according to the European Union legislation: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Myotis myotis, M. oxygnathus, Barbastella barbastellus and Miniopterus schreibersii. ...

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