The coypu (Myocastor coypus) is a non-indigenous neotropical species bred worldwide as a fur animal both in captivity and in the wild. In our country, the first coypu farms were established in the 1920s. In the course of time, sporadic occurrence of escaped animals was recorded in different regions…

This paper summarises acoustic behaviour in four European species of the genus Pipistrellus. Common parameters and sonograms of echolocation and social calls are described and compared with original recordings made mostly in the Czech Republic, additionally also in Germany and Greece. The frequency…

Determination of age based on eye lens mass is a commonly applied method in small mammals. Published papers are focused mostly on removing eyes from freshly killed animals. In practice, animals are usually frozen first and the removal of lenses, followed by fixation, is postponed to be done later…

The new distributional data on Myotis capaccinii from Turkey are presented including three records in the central and eastern parts of the country, which extend the known distribution range of the species in the Middle East significantly. Some other data on biology and morphology of the species are…

The occurrence of alpine shrew, Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1837, in Slovakia has been known since the second half of the 19th century, yet detailed taxonomic studies have been published only as late as by the end of the 1940s. In 1952, Kratochvíl and Rosický studied a material of 44 specimens collected…

In the years 2001–2002, occurrence of M. spicilegus was mapped in the lowland areas of Slovakia. The presence of the typical loamy mounds with food reserves consisting of weed and grass seeds was searched for. Occurrence of M. spicilegus has been recorded in southern Slovakia from 17° 34’ E to…

Three new records of Suncus etruscus in Slovenia have shifted the known border range northwards. Of a particular interest is the record made at Ladrski vrh near Kobarid, which is already within the southern fringes of the Alps. Mediterranean climate spreads deep into the Alps along the Soča valley…

Faunistic records coming from various researches carried out in the Biosphere Reserve Lower Morava (enlarged area of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve) in 1950–2001 were summarized. Using these data, grid maps illustrating the distribution of individual small terrestrial mammal species were prepared. In…

Summary and assessment of the data on bat fauna of south-western Moravia are given in the paper, including all available older findings from the period 1956–1990 and larger material obtained by survey carried out mostly in the Znojmo and Třebíč districts in 1990–2003. The study area of about…

All available faunistic data on the occurrence of bats within the Lower Morava BR (extended Pálava BR), collected in the years 1954–2003, were summarized. In addition to the list of records, the distribution of each species is shown in detailed grid maps. In total, 22 bat species have been recorded…

The bat community of the Sloupsko-šošůvské jeskyně cave (a natural karstic cave, Moravian Karst) was studied using two methods, a regular winter census of hibernating bats and netting at the cave entrance. In total, 15 bat species have been recorded. The bat community is characterised by a…

Four individuals of the bi-coloured white-toothed shrew (Crocidura leucodon) were found from February 10 till September 29, 2003 in Sedlečko and Andělská Hora near Karlovy Vary (western Bohemia, Czech Republic). In spite of several faunistic studies, this species had never been found in the Karlovy…

One complete albino of the greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis in a nursery colony (within 40 individuals) was found in the church attic in the village Hrušov (S Slovakia) on July 4, 2003. Some other records of partial and complete albinism in bats from surrounding countries are mentioned, too.

Richter’s manuscript on the fauna of the Osoblaha region written in 1890 is a “raw” list of species with general remarks on their biology. In mammals, localities are completed for only 4 species out of 33. E. Richter himself was not a faunist and did not describe the origin of his messages, so even…

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