First record of Pipistrellus kuhlii Kuhl, 1817 (Chiroptera: vespertilionidae) from Dobrogea (Romania)

Abstract

Pipistrellus kuhlii is recorded in the Dobrogea District for the first time. On the 16th of July 2006, a nursery colony was discovered on the second floor of a building in Constanţa (2.5 m a. s. l., 44°10.4’N 28°38.3’E). External characters as well as cranial and dental measurements of two specimens are given. .

Keywords

• Chiroptera
• Pipistrellus kuhlii
• nursery colony
• Dobrogea