abstract |
The description
of the record of a bat found in the period of autumn
migrations on a ship on the Black Sea is given.
The bat was found on the captain's bridge, and the
sailors stated that the bat landed on the ship during
flight and was not brought onto the board. The location
of the discovery is on a raid near Sevastopol, 9
October 2013, within 10 miles from shore. Morphological
features of the specimen are as follows: forearm
length is about 33.1 mm, general colouration is
brown with a narrow (1–2 mm) whitish stripe along
the free edge of the wing up to the hind foot. The
morphology of the earlobes, tragus, rhinarium, and
post calcarial lobe are typical of P. pipistrellus/pygmaeus/nathusii.
The morphology of the rhinarium (without the middle
bulge between the nostrils) and the genitals is
similar to those in P. nathusii. The most distinctive
feature of the specimen is the presence of a white
edging on the wings, which is usually common for
Asian P. p. bactrianus, but, to some extent, also
occurs among southern P. nathusii. |
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