New data on the distribution of Kuhl’s Pipistrelle <i>Pipistrellus kuhli</i> (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Urals and southern Urals
New data on the findings in 2015 and 2016 of Kuhl’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhli (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Urals and the southern Urals are presented. The species was found in the Orenburg region on the territory of 5 (out of 18 investigated) municipalities. In 7 points 32 copies of P. kuhli are caught. The information about the habitat and dates of species detection, information about these animals (sex, age, reproductive state) is given. All the registration point close to human settlements in the flood plains of the rivers Samara, the Urals, the Sakmara and the Peshchanka. On the territory of the Orenburg region Kuhl’s Pipistrelle probably appeared in 1997, and by 2008, moving along the Ural river, covered a distance of about 900 km to the city of Magnitogorsk. In the last 7-8 years naturalization of the universe took place in the Urals and the southern Urals, as evidenced by the findings of breeding and young animals during the summer activity. By results of catching it is established that P. kuhli is widespread, but not numerous species in the Orenburg region: relative abundance of 2,7%, occurrence of 2,6%.