The study summarises data on the history of distribution of wild rabbit in the territory of the Czech Republic. The available historical data suggest that the species did not occur regularly until the second half of the 19th century. In the mid-20th century, wild rabbit inhabited a substantial part…

Two attempts to restitute the Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica Blahout, 1971) were made in the Nízke Tatry Mts. The first one occurred in the eastern part of the mountain range (Kráľova hoľa Mt., Orlová) in 1935, but was not successful. During the second attempt, a substitute population of…

The following names based on Barbastella bats from Asia were found available for nomenclatural purposes, and their type series and type localities were specified: Vespertilio leucomelas Cretzschmar, 1830, Plecotus darjelingensis Hodgson, 1855, Barbastella caspica Satunin, 1908, Barbastella blanfordi…

Here we want to present new findings of Nyctalus noctula, Myotis myotis and Myotis daubentonii roosts in bridges in Slovakia. Annual observations from one bridge in Nitra showed high use of this habitat type. Also incidental findings from five other localities are presented. In Nitra 1533 records of…

During the second half of the 20th century, population size of the wild boar ((Sus scrofa() began to increase dramatically in most European countries. Despite several approaches applied, no attempt has been made to examine long-term data on boar population dynamics using modern statistical…

Early attempts to document Iranian mammals date back to the 18th century and coincide with the classical works by Linnaeus (1758), Gmelin (1774) and Pallas (1780). First compilation by Blanford (1876) with 78 species reported for “Eastern Persia” was followed by Ellerma n & Morrison-Scott (1951) who…

New records of seven bat species were made during recent visits to SE Anatolia (Upper Mesopotamian biogeographic region). Rhinolophus hipposideros, R. mehelyi, Myotis blythii, M. nattereri, M. emarginatus, and Miniopterus schreibersii are here reported for the first time from the Turkish part of…

Extra teeth in Chiroptera and description of the first case of dental anomaly in the pteropodid Epomophorus wahlbergi: bilateral occurrence of a supernumerary upper molar.

From August 2005 till December 2006 an occurrence of the otter, (Lutra lutra( (Linnaeus, 1758), was monitored at the Hron River and the Vajskovský and Lomnistý creeks in the Hron basin of the Nízke Tatry National Park (central Slovakia), based on the presence of otter signs. Seasonal changes in…

Variability in the number of tail vertebrae (TV) was investigated in 647 specimens of four Apodemus species (A. flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, A. uralensis and A. witherbyi) from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Anatolia (Turkey). These species significantly differed in number of TV, but considerable…

All available data on distribution of the lesser mouse-eared bat, Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) in Slovakia are summarised and some ecological notes are added. In total, more than 260 occurrence sites and almost 1,000 records (obtained by various survey methods, e.g. roost checks, nettings, winter…

A subadult individual of Crocidura leucodon was captured in an unusual habitat at the locality Mláčik, Kremnické Vrchy Mts. (central Slovakia), geomorphologically belonging to the West Carpathians. The site does not correspond to habitat preferences of the species, since the locality is situated in…

Two new records of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the Bohemian Forest Mts. are reported. All previous data on the species distribution in this region are summarized. Possible reasons for its scarcity are discussed.

This bibliography provides literature sources and results of early research of the marmot (Marmota marmota) in the Nízke Tatry Mts. Autochthonous occurrence of this species is restricted to the Vysoké Tatry Mts. Two introduced marmot populations are found in the Nízke Tatry Mts. One population…