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Jakub Nowak
Between 21 of polish bat species 17 of them have been found in caves. Some of them are typical for the cave environment, the others are very rare in caves.
List of cave bats in Poland.
Family: Rhinolophidae
- Lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800) - typical cave bat, but occurs only in southern Poland.
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- Greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774) - very rare in Poland.
Family: Vespertilionidae
- Mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) - common in caves and main part of Poland.
# 2,
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- Bechstein's bat Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) - rare in caves and Poland.
- Natterer's bat Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817) - localy common in caves.
- Geoffroy's bat Myotis emarginatus (Geoffroy, 1806) - rare, occurs only in Polish Jura and mountains.
- Whiskered bat Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817) - uncommon in caves and Poland, more common in mountains.
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# 3
- Brandt's bat Myotis brandtii (Eversmann, 1845) - uncommon in caves and Poland.
- Pond bat Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825) - very rare.
- Daubenton's bat Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817) - common in caves and Poland.
- Parti-coloured bat Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758 - very rare in caves, more common in buildings.
- Northern serotine bat Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling et Blasius, 1839) - rare in caves and Poland, more common in mountains.# 2
- Serotine Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774) - rare in caves, more common in buildings.
- Noctule Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) - noted in cave only once, more common in forest.
- Brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) - common in caves and buildings.
- Grey long-eared bat Plecotus austriacus (Fischer, 1829) - rare in caves, more common in buildings.
- Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) - uncommon, more common in buildings.
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