The first find of the pond bat <i>Myotis dasycneme</i> (Boie, 1825) in Stavropol Territory and western Caucasus, Russia

The aim of the work was to describe the discovery of a pond bat Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825) in the vicinity of Zheleznovodsk, Stavropol Territory, Russia in August 2023.We examined the Letnei Merzloti Cave, an artificial tunnel about 400 metres long with small dead‐end caverns. The pond bat was fo...

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Main Authors: A. A. Maslov, A. N. Ivanitzky, A. Yu. Alekseev
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description The aim of the work was to describe the discovery of a pond bat Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825) in the vicinity of Zheleznovodsk, Stavropol Territory, Russia in August 2023.We examined the Letnei Merzloti Cave, an artificial tunnel about 400 metres long with small dead‐end caverns. The pond bat was found in a small dead‐end cavern. This is the first find of this species in the Stavropol region and the third find in the Caucasus.The first finds of the pond bat were made in the Western Caucasus in 1999 and 2003. This find provides more data about a small population of pond bats in the Caucasus. It is noteworthy that this species of bat (M. dasycneme), together with M. daubentonii, are the only known natural wild hosts of the Europian bat lissavirus virus type 2 in Europe. Given the fact that bats are considered natural hosts of all types of coronaviruses, and that the pond bat previously evidenced the circulation of both alpha and beta coronaviruses in the European population (Germany, the Netherlands), we must be aware of the potential of this species as a reservoir of pathogenic zoonotic coronaviruses.
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spelling doaj-art-0593ea0eccdf4389b28ba6d1e8f8d07d2025-08-20T03:56:32ZrusKamertonЮг России: экология, развитие1992-10982413-09582024-04-01191677110.18470/1992-1098-2024-1-61363The first find of the pond bat <i>Myotis dasycneme</i> (Boie, 1825) in Stavropol Territory and western Caucasus, RussiaA. A. Maslov0A. N. Ivanitzky1A. Yu. Alekseev2Research Institute of Virology, Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science; Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of ScienceT.I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station – Nature Reserve of the Russian Academy of Sciences & branch of the A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Russian Academy of SciencesResearch Institute of Virology, Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science; Dagestan State UniversityThe aim of the work was to describe the discovery of a pond bat Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825) in the vicinity of Zheleznovodsk, Stavropol Territory, Russia in August 2023.We examined the Letnei Merzloti Cave, an artificial tunnel about 400 metres long with small dead‐end caverns. The pond bat was found in a small dead‐end cavern. This is the first find of this species in the Stavropol region and the third find in the Caucasus.The first finds of the pond bat were made in the Western Caucasus in 1999 and 2003. This find provides more data about a small population of pond bats in the Caucasus. It is noteworthy that this species of bat (M. dasycneme), together with M. daubentonii, are the only known natural wild hosts of the Europian bat lissavirus virus type 2 in Europe. Given the fact that bats are considered natural hosts of all types of coronaviruses, and that the pond bat previously evidenced the circulation of both alpha and beta coronaviruses in the European population (Germany, the Netherlands), we must be aware of the potential of this species as a reservoir of pathogenic zoonotic coronaviruses.https://ecodag.elpub.ru/ugro/article/view/3065chiropterabatsvespertilionidaemouse‐eared batscaucasus
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The first find of the pond bat <i>Myotis dasycneme</i> (Boie, 1825) in Stavropol Territory and western Caucasus, Russia
Юг России: экология, развитие
chiroptera
bats
vespertilionidae
mouse‐eared bats
caucasus
title The first find of the pond bat <i>Myotis dasycneme</i> (Boie, 1825) in Stavropol Territory and western Caucasus, Russia
title_full The first find of the pond bat <i>Myotis dasycneme</i> (Boie, 1825) in Stavropol Territory and western Caucasus, Russia
title_fullStr The first find of the pond bat <i>Myotis dasycneme</i> (Boie, 1825) in Stavropol Territory and western Caucasus, Russia
title_full_unstemmed The first find of the pond bat <i>Myotis dasycneme</i> (Boie, 1825) in Stavropol Territory and western Caucasus, Russia
title_short The first find of the pond bat <i>Myotis dasycneme</i> (Boie, 1825) in Stavropol Territory and western Caucasus, Russia
title_sort first find of the pond bat i myotis dasycneme i boie 1825 in stavropol territory and western caucasus russia
topic chiroptera
bats
vespertilionidae
mouse‐eared bats
caucasus
url https://ecodag.elpub.ru/ugro/article/view/3065
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