Contributions on the southern distribution of Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Türkiye
    
Yazarlar (6)
Ahmet Karataş
Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Şafak Bulut
Hitit Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Abdurrahman Sefalı
Bayburt Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ferhat Toprak
T.C. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Türkiye
Mehmet Kürşat Şahin
Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Şakir Önder ÖZKURT Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Turkish Journal of Zoology (Q3)
Dergi ISSN 1300-0179 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 01-2022
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 46 / 5 / 434–443 DOI 10.55730/1300-0179.3097
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.55730/1300-0179.3097
Özet
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.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Echolocation | habitat | hunting | niche modelling | parti-coloured bat | range