Vukasin JOSIPOVIC, Ivana BUDINSKI, Branko KARAPANDZA, Jelena JOVANOVIC, Milan PAUNOVIC

The first record of alpine long-eared bat Plecotus macrobullaris in Serbia

An inventory of bat species in the Mile evka river gorge (southwestern Serbia) was conducted in July 2013. There were six bat species recorded in the cave at the Ćetanica plateau using a mist-netting technique. In this paper we report the first finding of Plecotus macrobullaris in Serbia, contributing to the knowledge of its distribution area. The bat fauna of Serbia now contains 30 species.

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