Ancient cave mine

Higher Geography

Region: Kentriki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Chalkidiki,
Municipality: Aristotelis,
Closest Settlement: Olympiada

Cave type

Artificial

Fauna

• Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Miniopteridae
• Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
• Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
• Rhinolophus euryale Blasius, 1853, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
• Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
• Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae

Species references

• Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Ancient cave mine, Olympiada, Aristotelis, Kentriki Makedonia. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 07.12.2023, Accessed 01.11.2025