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First Record of Hypsugo Savii (Chiroptera) in Slovakia Biologia, Bratislava, 61/2: 192, 2006 Section Zoology DOI: 10.2478/s11756-006-0042-8 Faunistical Notes First record of Hypsugo savii (Chiroptera) in Slovakia Blanka Lehotská1 & Roman Lehotský2 1Department of Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B2,SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia; e-mail: [email protected] 2Miniopterus – Basic unit of the Slovak Union of Nature and Landscape Conservators, Hlaváčiková 14,SK-84105 Bratislava, Slovakia; e-mail: [email protected] Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837) is a Palaearctic bat occur- Acknowledgements ring from Canary Islands, NW Africa and S Europe to C Asia, Mongolia and N Japan. In Europe, it is widespread in The authors thank to Z. Rˇ EHÁK and J. GAISLER from the De- Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean regions from Portu- partment of Zoology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk gal, Spain and France to Switzerland, Austria and Hungary University in Brno for the confirmation of the correct identifica- tion of the species. in the north and Crimea, Bulgaria and the southern Greek islands in the east. (HORÁČEK &BENDA, 2004; HORÁČEK et al., 2000; MASSON, 1999) References A subadult male of Hypsugo savii was found in Bratislava in the administration building of regional court of BABOR, J.F. 1943. Slovenská fauna, pp. 403–463. In: NOVÁK,Ľ. justice on Drieňová street (48◦10.5 N, 17◦9 E) on 26 May (ed.) Slovenská vlastiveda I., Vydanie Slovenskej akadémie 2005. The measurements of the bat were: forearm length vied a umení, Bratislava, 463 pp. 34.3 mm, body 45 mm, tail 35 mm, hind foot 8 mm, ear 13 DOBROSI, D. 1994. Adatok a B¨ukk denevérfaunájához. Folia His- torico Naturalia Musei Matraensis 18: 191–197. mm, tragus 5 mm, tail extending beyond tail membrane by ESTÓK, P. 1995. Az alpesi denevér (Pipistrellus savi)újabbma- 4 mm and weight 5 g. Its pelage was black with golden tips gyarországi megker¨ulése. Denevérkutatás 1: 18. of hairs on the dorsal side of the body and palegrey on the FERIANC, O. 1946. Dodatky a poznámky k práci: Slovenská fauna ventral side. Ears, face and wings membranes were black. It od F.J. Babora. Prírodovedný Sborník 1 (1–2): 95–125. had typically right-angled bended penis with long black col- GAISLER, J. 2001. A mammal species new to the Czech Republic lateral hairs on its distal part. The bat was marked with a – Savi’s pipistrelle Hypsugo savii. Folia Zool. 50: 231–233. band (Museum Praha X 22802) and photographed. A sam- GAISLER,J.&VLAŠÍN, M. 2003. Second record of the Savi’s ple of tissue was preserved in 96% ethanol for future DNA pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii) in the Czech Republic. Vespertilio 7: 181–182. analysis. The bat was fed, given to drink and was released HORÁČEK,I.&BENDA, P. 2004. Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, within the territory of Bratislava on 28 May 2005. 1837) – Alpenfledermaus, pp. 911–941. In: KRAPP,F.(ed.) The occurrence of H. savii in Slovakia was mentioned Handbuch der S¨augetiere Europas, Band 4: Fledertiere, Teil in a contribution to Slovak fauna (BABOR 1943), however, II: Chiroptera II. Vespertilionidae 2, Molossidae, Nycteridae, FERIANC (1946) referred to the fact that it was an incorrect AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim. and unsubstantiated information. HORÁČEK,I.,HANÁK,V.&GAISLER, J. 2001. Bats of the The closest records to that presented in this paper Palearctic region: a taxonomic and biogeographic review, pp. OLOSZYN came from Austria – Vienna, 50 km W (SPITZENBERGER, 11–157. In: W , B.W. (ed.) Proceedings of the VIIIth EBRS Vol. 1, Approaches to biogeography and ecology of AISLER LAŠÍN 1997) and Merkersdorf, 110 km NW (G &V , bats, Chiropterological Information Center & Institute of Sys- 2003) and from the Czech Republic – Žabčice, 105 km NNW tematics and Evolution of Animals PAS, Kraków. (GAISLER, 2001) and Brno, 120 km NNW (GAISLER & MASSON, D. 1999. Pipistrellus savii (Bonaparte, 1837), pp. 128– VLAŠÍN, 2003). More records of H. savii from Hungary – Bu- 129. In: MITCHELL-JONES, A.J., AMORI,G.,BOGDANOW- dapest (BIHARI, in lit.), Eger (ESTÓK, 1995) and Miskolc ICZ,W.,KRYŠTUFEK,B.,REIJNDERS, P.J.H., SPITZEN- (DOBROSI, 1994) were only ca. 40 km far from Slovakia BERGER,F.,STUBBE,M.,THISSEN, J.B.M., VOHRALÍK,V. borders. The record of the bat in Bratislava corresponds to &ZIMA, J. 1999 (eds) The atlas of European mammals, Aca- the other records from neighbouring countries from the last demic Press, London. SPITZENBERGER, F. 1997. Distribution and range expansion O decade and to the assumption of some authors (e.g., D - of Savi’s bat (Hypsugo savii) in Austria. Zeitschrift f¨ur BROSI, 1994; GAISLER &VLAŠÍN, 2003) that this species is S¨augetierkunde 62: 170–181. gradually spreading towards the North. According to these facts we expect other records of H. savii, especially in S Received January 28, 2006 Slovakia. Accepted February 22, 2006 c 2006 Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
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