Spilaio Profiti Zacharia

Higher Geography

Region: Notio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Karpathos,
Municipality: Karpathos,
Closest Settlement: Karpathos

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Plecotus kolombatovici Dulic, 1980, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
• Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814), Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Molossidae

Species references

• Benda, P., Ševčík, M., Bego, F., Sachanowicz, K., Spitzenberger, F., Tájek, P., Tájková, P., Uhrin, M. 2019. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 15. The fauna of bats and bat ectoparasites of Albania with a catalogue of bats from the western Balkans in the collection of the National Museum, Prague. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 83: 1–238
• 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. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Profiti Zacharia, Karpathos, Karpathos, Notio Aigaio. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 15.12.2023, Accessed 22.04.2026