Contributions on the southern distribution of Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Türkiye

Authors

AHMET KARATAŞ
ŞAFAK BULUT
ABDURRAHMAN SEFALI
FERHAT TOPRAK
MEHMET KÜRŞAT ŞAHİN
ŞAKİR ÖNDER ÖZKURT

DOI

10.55730/1300-0179.3097

Abstract

Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758, has a wide distribution from France to Japan, and from Iran in the south to Scandinavia and Russia in the north. The only records of the parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus known from Turkey so far were based on subfossils, remains from owl pellets, and ultrasound recordings. We present the first records of live individuals from two Turkish provinces, Ardahan and Bayburt. Additionally, based on echolocation call records, its known distribution in the Anatolian Peninsula was proved to be wider. The global distribution of the species has been mapped by using ecological niche modelling. The results revealed that its distribution is highly influenced by precipitation dynamics. Although no cases of domestic cat predation on bats have previously been documented in Turkey, this paper also provides the first case study of V. murinus predated by a domestic cat in Ardahan, in November 2003.

Keywords

Echolocation, habitat, hunting, niche modelling, parti-coloured bat, range

First Page

434

Last Page

443

Recommended Citation

KARATAŞ, AHMET; BULUT, ŞAFAK; SEFALI, ABDURRAHMAN; TOPRAK, FERHAT; ŞAHİN, MEHMET KÜRŞAT; and ÖZKURT, ŞAKİR ÖNDER (2022) "Contributions on the southern distribution of Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Türkiye," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 46: No. 5, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0179.3097
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol46/iss5/5