Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)

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

Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)

It is one of the most regularly occurring and common species in the study region. Here it was recorded all year round, in many study localities ( fig. 9).

Summer roosts: bridges, overground sections of abandoned buildings, tree cavities, underground cavities. The breeding range includes, obviously, the whole territory of the study region. In total, breeding was confirmed in three subregions in 24 study localities. We first revealed maternity roosts of the species in the region: five, in abandoned buildings; one, in a tree hollow (Annex).

Winter shelters are various underground cavities (e. g. Abelentsev & Popov, 1956; Sologor, 1973; Likhotop et al., 1990; Godlevska et al., 2010; 2012; 2016; Annex). In the not-cave part of the study region (ZMF- and ZFS-subregions), the species dominates by number of individuals over other species in underground hibernacula; in the Dniester subregion, codominates ( fig. 25 ). The maximum number of M. daubentonii per one underground hibernaculum in the region was 353 individuals (Kyiv, DMS 47-P1-2: winter 2016/2017; Annex).

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Fig. 25. Quantitative representativeness of bat species in underground hibernacula of the study area (by own data of 1999–2021). A, ZMF- and ZFS-subregions (34 and 16 objects; 1931 and 51 identified ind., correspondingly); B, DRS-subregion (26 objects, 1697 identified ind.). By: Godlevskaya, 2007; Godlevska et al., 2010, 2012; this paper. In case of numerous counts, maximal numbers were taken.