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2023/54/1

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

Updates on the distribution of Canis aureus in Saudi Arabia (Carnivora: Canidae)

Additional locality records for the golden jackal from Saudi Arabia are given based on camera trappings and a roadkill, along with an updated map of its distribution. Considering the limited distribution of this species, and due to indiscriminate killing of canids in Saudi Arabia, this species…

Big city bats: Species-specific effects of the urban matrix on forearm length and fat stores of bats in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

The effect of urbanisation on size and fat stores in bats has been poorly studied. We compare morphometric data in bats from two areas in the West Midlands, UK: one predominantly agricultural and one built-up. We examined forearm length and fat stores in 1,102 bats of five species (Myotis…

Bat wings in the devil: origin and spreading of this peculiar attribute in art

In Western culture, for centuries the figure of the bat has been associated with the forces of evil, with demons living in the dark, in the most hidden recesses of human fears. Some characteristics of demons of the pagan world (dark color of the body, wings, etc.) pass into the Christian iconography…

Hibernation phenologies and winter activities of four congeneric bat species hibernating simultaneously in an Eastern Alpine cave studied by phototrapping (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Using phototrapping, we compared hibernation phenologies and winter activities displayed by four Myotis species (M. emarginatus, M. daubentonii, M. bechsteinii and M. nattereri) hibernating in Hermann’s Cave in the winter 2018/2019. These congeneric species were deemed to be comparable as they are…

Morfometrika dlouhých kostí končetin zajícovitých (Lagomorpha: Leporidae)

Morphometry of limb bones in hares and rabbits (Lagomorpha: Leporidae). Members of the genera Lepus and Oryctolagus are highly adapted to specific environmental conditions. This adaptation includes particularly the long bones of the locomotion system. Different segments of limbs did not adapt in the…

Nález kolónií troch druhov netopierov rodu Myotis (M. daubentonii, M. dasycneme, M. nattereri) v spoločnom úkryte na východnom Slovensku (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Nursery colonies of three bat species of the genus Myotis (M. daubentonii, M. dasycneme, M. nattereri) sharing the same roost in eastern Slovakia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Maternity colonies of three Myotis species were documented for the first time in the Východoslovenská rovina (East…

Does Sorex alpinus still live in the Pyrenees? (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)

The Alpine shrew (Sorex alpinus) is considered probably extinct in the Pyrenees. However, newly published photographs of an ‘unknown shrew’ from the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in the Spanish part of the range indicate its recent occurrence in the mountains.