Faunal survey of bats in the upstream area of Tokuyama dam in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Abstract

Faunal survey of bats in the upstream area of Tokuyama dam in Gifu Prefecture was carried out on 28-29 July and 16-17 August of 2016. Endo’s pipistrelle, Pipistrellus endoi, and Ussurian tube-nosed bat, Murina ussuriensis were captured and were marked with a metal bat-ring before releasing. The greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and the Japanese little horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus cornutus, were also recorded in an abandoned mine at Kadonyu.