52-1

2021/52/1

ISSN : 0024-7774 (print), 1804-6460 (online)
Editor in Chief : Petr Benda

Distribution and conservation of Sciurus anomalus in Syria (Rodentia: Sciuridae)

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,…

Fauna and flight activity of bats in natural forests in the southern Brdy Mts. and the first information on the occurrence of Hypsugo savii in this area (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

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…

The last Bos primigenius survived in Bulgaria (Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae)

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…