Registration of echolocation calls of Pipistrellus abramus and Nyctalus aviator (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in the extreme east of Russia

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Abstract

Data on sound registration of two species of bats using Echo Meter Touch, a highly sensitive microphone, in the extreme south of Primorsky Krai are presented. An analysis shows that, based the main frequency characteristics (minimum frequency and peak frequency), the echolocation calls were classified with high probability as belonging to Pipistrellus abramus and Nyctalus aviator. Their occurrence has not been confirmed in Russia for many decades. Descriptions of their echolocation calls are given.

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S. A. Cherepushkin

Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology

Email: eptesicus@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 123098

V. G. Potopaeva

School No. 57

Email: eptesicus@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119019

D. G. Smirnov

Penza State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: eptesicus@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Penza, 440026

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2. Fig. 1. Ultrasound recording sites of bats at the “Krai Trikh Granits” tourist center in the south of Primorsky Krai in May 2024. View from Golubiny Utyos hill

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3. Fig. 2. Oscillogram and spectrogram of a fragment of a recording of FM-qCF type signals cf. Pipistrellus abramus, made on Golubiny Utyos, Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai

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4. Fig. 3. Distribution of samples of Hypsugo alaschanicus, Miniopterus fuliginosus, Pipistrellus abramus and the position of cf. P. abramus from Primorye (Russia) in the space of the first two principal components (PC1 and PC 2), calculated on the basis of 4 frequency and time parameters of signals (the IPI parameter is excluded).

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5. Fig. 4. Distribution diagrams of Fmin and Fpeak values ​​of echolocation signals: H.alasch – Hypsugo alaschanicus (n = 14), Mn.ful – Miniopterus fuliginosus (n = 5), P.abr – Pipistrellus abramus (n = 3) from Korea and P.abr_cf. – cf. P. abramus (n = 13) from Primorye, Russia

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6. Fig. 5. Oscillogram and spectrogram of a fragment of a recording of FM-qCF type signals cf. Nyctalus aviator, made on Golubiny Utyos, Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai. h1, h2 and h3 are the first, second and third harmonics

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7. Fig. 6. Distribution of samples of Vespertilio sinensis, Nyctalus aviator, N. lasiopterus, N. noctula and the position of cf. N. aviator from Primorye (Russia) in the space of the first two principal components (PC1 and PC 2), calculated on the basis of 4 frequency and time parameters of signals (the IPI parameter is excluded).

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8. Fig. 7. Distribution diagrams of Fmin and Fpeak values ​​of echolocation signals: V.sin – Vespertilio sinensis (n = 3), N.las – Nyctalus lasiopterus (n = 11), N.noc – N. noctula (n = 91), N.avi – N. aviator (n = 3) from Japan and N. avi_cf. – cf. N. aviator (n = 22) from Primorye, Russia

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