Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825)

Godlevska, L., Rebrov, S., Vorobei, P., Savchenko, M. & Panchenko, P., 2022, Bats Of Central Ukraine: A Synopsis, Zoodiversity 56 (3), pp. 203-232 : 210-211

Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825)

Although the species was found in all three subregions, its distribution there is highly patchy ( fig. 8).

The species occurs year-round. During our survey, we first confirmed the breeding of the species in the region, in four study localities ( Vorobei et al., 2021; Annex). Between 1999 and 2021, in the study region, only one maternity roost was found: a ceiling crevice in the overground section of an abandoned building in Kyiv Region ( Vorobei et al., 2021). Another potential maternity roost is in an abandoned building in Khmelnytskyi Region, where breeding females (together with adult males) were netted (Annex).

In summer, M. dasycneme was recorded in tree cavities as well ( Charlemagne, 1915; Abelentsev & Popov, 1956; museum specimens in: Zagorodniuk & Godlevska, 2001), and was netted at underground sites during late summer swarming ( Godlevskaya, 2007; Godlevska et al., 2010; 2016).

Winter roosts are underground; the maximum counted number of pond bats per hibernaculum was 12 individuals, but, in most cases, 1–4 individuals.

Among animals netted during the breeding period, the percentage of pond bats was only 0.7 % (fig. 24). During the autumn swarming, pond bats were netted at entrances to underground sites; however, their quantity was low; e. g. in Kyiv, 0.2 % in 2003–2005 ( Godlevskaya, 2007). All together enables to conclude that the population size of the species in the region is small.