The current distribution of the Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) in Syria is described based on recent observations. The species distribution extends along the coastal mountains from the vicinity of Kasab in the extreme northwest of the country, along the mountains of Lattakia and Tartus,…

The population of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Czech Republic has been steadily increasing for the last 70 years. The only comparable tangible data are provided by the available harvest statistics. Disputes over the damage caused by wild boar are endless, and the dynamics of the species…

The Geoffroy’s bat, Myotis emarginatus, is the only species distributed in the Palaearctic belonging to the African clade of the genus Myotis. It occurs extensively across several ecologic zones of Europe, north-western Africa, and western and central Asia, and hence it was considered to be a…

An analysis of the geographical and altitudinal distribution of remains of the woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) in Bulgaria is given. The paper summarizes all scattered data on the distribution of the species gathered in the last 114 years, only a part of them having been published…

The bat fauna was studied at six localities of protected natural forest fragments in the southern part of the Brdy Mts. (south-western Bohemia), in the years 2019–2020. Netting and acoustic detection on line transects were used in order to document the species composition and flight activity of bats…

Current range of Procyon lotor in the Czech Republic based on hunting statistics (Carnivora: Procyonidae). The common raccoon (Procyon lotor), introduced to Europe at the end of the first half of the 20th century, is included in the EU Black List of Invasive Alien Species. Due to its assessed high…

The paper presents a brief account of the temporal changes found in proportions of the mammal components in the diets of several species of predators (owls and carnivores) collected from various sites in Slovakia and originating in various periods (Late Pleistocene–Recent). The material collected…

From May to June 2012, we studied the behaviour of day-roosting reproductive female Geoffroy’s bats in a maternity roost in eastern Burgenland (Austria) which is under surveillance from 2011 till to date. By using a remote-controlled infrared-illuminated video camera, we conducted six weekly…

Trophy quality in hunted ungulates in northeastern Slovakia (Cetartiodactyla). Based on the data from trophy hunting statistics (1997–2019), this paper describes changes in the potential economic trophy value evaluation of hunted ungulates (PETV) by comparison of two groups of areas, (1) the hunting…

A horn-core of Bos primigenius excavated from the depth of 537.3–537.4 m in the late medieval deposits of the second half of the 17th century to the 1st half of the 18th century AD is reported. This record suggests that the aurochs survived in the Central Balkans a century later than the reported…

New records of the harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) were obtained for the first time from the mapping square 5741 in the Karlovy Vary Region. The individuals were collected during a faunistic survey of small mammals in 2016–2020. In total, 13 specimens of Micromys minutus were found at three sites…

Roosting of Myotis myotis in tree hollows is not common in the Czech Republic, and this phenomenon has not been a subject of a specific study. Here I report on a finding of one individual of M. myotis roosting in a natural tree hollow made by the black woodpecker in a beech forest near Voleč in the…

Specimens of Equus przewalskii in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic (Perissodactyla: Equidae). A complete list of 50 specimens of the Przewalski’s horse (Equus przewalskii) housed in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, is presented. It consists of two complete…

A list of 1,673 specimens of bats belonging to 36 species, seven genera, and five families of the superfamily Rhinolophoidea, housed in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, is presented in a systematic review.