The chiropterofauna of the Polish Tatra Mts.

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) This paper reports the status of bats in the Polish Tatra Mountains. In the region of the Polish Tatras 13 bat species were reported: Myotis myotis, M. bechsteinii, M. nattereri, M. mystacinus, M. brandtii, M. daubentonii, Vespertilio murinus , Eptesicus nilssonii, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus leisleri, Plecotus auritus, P. austriacus, Barbastella barbastellus. The most freguent species are M. mystacinus / brandtii (over 30 sites), less frequent are M. myotis (over 20 sites) and Eptesicus nilssonii (over 20 sites). Only M. mystacinus (1906 m a. s. l.), and Eptesicus nilssonii (1710 m a. s. l.) – in winter and Vespertilio murinus (1715 m a. s. l.) – in the summer were observed above the tree-line.