• Denis Vasenkov
  • Jean-françois Desmet
  • Igor Popov
  • Natalia Sidorchuk

Bat migrations have been studied for a long time, but large areas remain poorly explored in this regard. This note reports a record migration distance of the Nathusius' pipistrelle-2486 km from Russia to the French Alps. This distance exceeds the previous record flight from Latvia to Spain by 260 km. Hibernating colonies of Nathusius' pipistrelle are known in the Caucasus. However, our data show that Nathusius' pipistrelle can fly much longer for hibernating.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)524-526
Number of pages3
JournalMammalia
Volume86
Issue number5
Early online date21 Apr 2022
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2022

    Research areas

  • France, Russia, distance, migration, record

    Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Animal Science and Zoology

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