Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 55(1) 2012

Issue:

VOL 55(1) 2012

DOI:

10.3409/azc.55_1.97

Keywords:

Myotis alcathoe, species identification, hibernation roosts, the Eastern Carpathians, the Western Sudety Mts, Roztocze Upland

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Winter records of Myotis alcathoe in southern Poland and comments on identification of the species during hibernation

• Konrad SACHANOWICZ
• Tomasz MLECZEK
• Tomasz GOTTFRIED
• Maurycy IGNACZAK
• Krzysztof PIKSA
• Michał PISKORSKI

Abstract:

Single hibernating males of Myotis alcathoe were recorded in caves and mining adits at four localities in the Beskid Wyspowy Mts, Western Bieszczady Mts, Western Sudety Mts and Roztocze Upland. These are the first records of wintering individuals of the species in Poland and some of the first in Central Europe. Characters are described that may be useful for the identification of adult bats in winter roosts.