New underground shelters of bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Trebujeni landscape reservation

Abstract

The researches were carried out during the hibernation period and in summer in the stone quarries from Trebujeni and Mășcăuți. During the hibernation period in Trebujeni mines 5 species of bats were recorded, Rhinolophus hipposideros was dominant with 33.34%, and in the summer only Myotis daubentoni was registered. In the mines from Mășcăuți during the hibernation period and in summer 6 species were reported, but the structure of the community was different. In winter the dominant species was Eptesicus serotinus (50.79%), and in summer - Plecotus austriacus (71%). Most species are rare, protected at national and international level.