Spilaio Agiou Isidorou

Higher Geography
Region: Voreio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Lesvos,
Municipality: Lesvos,
Closest Settlement: Agios Isidoros
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797), Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825), Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1988, Hanak et al. 2001
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1965. The cave Agiou Isidorou of Plomari, Lesvos (CRNr 3164). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 8:12–16.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • 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
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1988. Chiropterofauna of Lesvos island (East Aegean) and their divergence from these of Greek Mainland. Bull. Ecol., 19 (2-3): 205-209.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Agiou Isidorou, Agios Isidoros, Lesvos, Voreio Aigaio. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 09.03.2026