Data on the wolf occurrence were obtained from the literature, from unpublished databases of various institutions and from questionnaires distributed among all 5576 hunting grounds throughout the Czech Republic as well as 39 nature conservation authorities. The distribution of the wolf was assessed…

Two males of M. aurascens were collected at two sites in the western part of Montenegro, near Risan and west of Plužine. These findings represent the first record of this species in Montenegro and its second record in Serbia and Montenegro (after the earlier finding in Peć/Peja, Kosovo). At the…

Data on the brown bear occurrence were obtained from the literature, from unpublished data bases of various institutions and from questionnaires distributed among all 5576 hunting grounds throughout the Czech Republic as well as 39 nature conservation authorities. The distribution of the bear was…

The diet of the wolf (Canis lupus) was assessed using 17 faeces samples taken in the period 2000–2004 and by analysis of 69 carcasses found in 1995–2004. Nine scat sam ples and sixty two carcasses were collected in the Beskydy Mts. (eastern Moravia) and eight scat samples and seven carcasses…

The striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius), although widespread in Polish lowlands north of the Krkonoše Mts., has been rarely found in the Czech (southern) part of that mountain range. Since 1961, altogether 54 specimens of the species have been obtained at 18 localities, majority of them at…

Skull measurements taken in the field vole Microtus agrestis specimens coming from natural wet meadows in the Českomoravská vrchovina Highlands and from clearcuts induced by air pollution in the Beskydy Mts. were compared. The results showed that some cranial measurements of females from the Beskydy…

Summary and assessment of data on bat fauna of eastern Bohemia (Central Europe) are given in the paper, including all available older findings from the period 1956–1992 and especially the larger material obtained by survey carried out in the years 1993–2004. The study area is about 9140 km2.…

We present distributional data on 17 species of mammals gathered in southern Sumatra, Indonesia, on 18 August through 13 September 2002.

There is good evidence that owls prefer to prey on smaller and younger rodents, but nothing is known about possible selective predation on bats. We studied predation on the mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) by the barn owl (Tyto alba). A set of skulls of Myotis myotis from pellets of Tyto alba was…

The paper summarises data on mammals recorded at the beginning of the 19th century in the surroundings of Krnov and in the Nízký Jeseník Mts. These records are a valuable contribution to the reconstruction of occurrence of mammals in the northwestern part of the Nízký Jeseník between 1805 and 1820,…

The paper gives basic information on the occurrence of small mammals in the southern parts of the Českomoravská vrchovina Highlands. The study area of about 5,000 km2 is roughly defined as a territory situated between the D1 highway (Praha–Brno) in the north, and the Czech-Austrian border in the…

An early spring sample from a common vole population controlled by poisoning on the 22 March in a winter rape field was analysed from the point of view of its relative density and sexual activity. The relative population density was high (three different methods for density estimation have been…

A juvenile Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse Myomimus roachi (age probably < 2 months) with a deformed skull was trapped on July 21, 1995 at Orhaniye near Edirne. Its rostrum is clearly bent rightwards but the rest of the cranium is not much malformed. There is no sign that the anomaly was…

The article reports on recent records of the Western hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) situated apart from its so far known range, at its easternmost edge in southeastern Moravia. The carrion of the Western hedgehog was found on 16 April 2003, in the floodplain forest in the area of the confluence of…

The Faculty of Biological Science (University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice) was established 1991. In total, 46 bachelor theses, 19 diploma and 2 PhD theses were defended within the time span of 1991–2004 at the faculty. All theses are deposited it the Common Library of the Academy of Science…

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Prof. Dr. Ludwig Freund (1878–1953) was an important zoologist of the first half of the 20th century. He was a comparative morphologist, zoologist and parasitologist. The paper aims to introduce this scientist from the scientific and personal point of view, mainly to the young generation of…