Particoloured bat Vespertilio murinus (Chiroptera) found hibernating in Lithuania for the first time

• Main Authors: Baranauskas, Kazimieras, Grikienienė, Jadvyga, Masing, Matti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Bats; Vespertilio murinus; Hibernation; Vilnius; info:eu-repo/classification/udc/574; Barbastella barbastellus; Myotis nattereri; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus nathusii; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://vb.mab.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB6213642&prefLang=en_US

The following 15 bat species have been found in Lithuania: Daubenton’s Bat Myotis daubentonii, Pond Bat Myotis dasycneme, Brandt’s Bat Myotis brandtii, Natterer’s Bat Myotis nattereri, Whiskered Bat Myotis mystacinus, Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus, Barbastelle Bat Barbastella barbastellus, Serotine Bat Eptesicus serotinus, Northern Bat Eptesicus nilssonii, Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Nathusius’ Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii, Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Noctule Nyctalus noctula, Leisler’s Bat Nyctalus leisleri and Parti-coloured Bat Vespertilio murinus (Prūsaitė, 1972, 1988; Pauža, Paužienė, 1996; Balčiauskas et al., 1997, 1999; Pauža et al., 2004). Eight of those species are known to hibernate in Lithuania: Myotis daubentonii, Myotis dasycneme, Myotis brandtii, Myotis nattereri, Plecotus auritus, Barbastella barbastellus, Eptesicus serotinus and Eptesicus nilssonii (Prūsaitė, 1972, 1988; Pauža, Paužienė, 1996; Balčiauskas et al., 1997, 1999; Pauža et al., 2004). Common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus was found only once during the winter season (Pauža, Paužienė, 1996). Seven species have been found hibernating in Vilnius city area: M. daubentonii, M. dasycneme, M. brandtii, P. auritus, B. barbastellus, E. serotinus and E. nilssonii (Baranauskas, 2001, 2003; Baranauskas et al., 2005a, 2005b).