Prospects of studying the species composition of bat fauna of Abkhazia
Bat fauna of Abkhazia includes 24 species, 8 of them were included in the last decade. Another 7 species ( Rhinolophus blasii, R. mehelyi, Myotis aurascens, M. dasycneme, Plecotus macrobullaris, Eptesicus nilssonii, Tadarida teniotis ) are known from adjacent territories, and the next points of their findings are situated less than 100 km from the border of Abkhazia. The arguments are considered for and against the discovering these species in Abkhasia. The most promising search area is Kodori River basin, which is transition area between wet western districts of Abkhazia and arid basin of the upper reaches of the river Inguri.