Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780)

Godlevska, L., Rebrov, S., Vorobei, P., Savchenko, M. & Panchenko, P., 2022, Bats Of Central Ukraine: A Synopsis, Zoodiversity 56 (3), pp. 203-232 : 214

Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780)

The species is extremely rare. It was recorded in the warm period of the year in eight localities with only 10 records in total ( fig. 13). Most records refer to the middle of the 20th century ( Abelentsev & Popov, 1956; Zagorodniuk & Godlevska, 2001; Godlevska, 2013 b). Recently it was found only twice, at the territory of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ( Gashchak et al., 2009; 2013). During our study, the species was not recorded.

Two recent records in 2009 and 2013 (in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone) were presented by an immature male and a female, both netted in the 3rd decade of July ( Gashchak et al., 2009; 2013). These individuals comprise only 0.06 % of the general number of bats, examined by Gaschak with colleagues in 2007–2013. However, the records may prove the species breeding in the ZMF-subregion.