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Feeding fragments in the faeces of two adult males of Barbastella leucomelas caught on 24.04.2023 near Nyutyug: а -Coleoptera (wing and exoskeleton fragments); б -Coleoptera (exoskeleton fragments); в -Lipidoptera (scales and setae), г -Insecta (paw)
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Barbastella leucomelas is a peripheral species for Russia, whose occurrence is known only in Dagestan.
Before 1980, the species was known only from single finds and for the next 50 years there was no confirmation of its occurrence in the region. The research we have undertaken since 2018 has allowed us to collect a large amount of factual material...