First record of a cave maternity roost of Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800) in Slovenia

Abstract

The first cave maternity roost of Rhinolophus hipposideros in Slovenia was discovered in the summer of 2011 in the »Pod kevdrom« cave. The cave is located in the Idrijca River canyon, SSW of the town of Idrija (Western Slovenia). Here, we present information on preliminary observations as to the number of adult and juvenile animals, along with temperature statistics and cave morphology.V jami Pod kevdrom v kanjonu reke Idrijce JJZ od Idrije (zahodna Slovenija) smo poleti 2011 odkrili prvo jamsko kotišče malih podkovnjakov (Rhinolophus hipposideros). V prispevku predstavljamo predhodna opažanja o številu odraslih in mladičev, o temperaturi in oblikovanosti jame.