Old mine tunnel near Polichnitos

Higher Geography
Region: Voreio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Lesvos,
Municipality: Lesvos,
Closest Settlement: Polichnitos
Cave type
Artificial
Fauna
  • Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857), Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1984, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1988, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
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
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1984. Intraspecific and interpopulation morphologic variation in the sharp-eared bat, Myotis blytii (Tomes, 1857) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), from Greece . Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 35 (1/3): 15-24.
  • 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 Old mine tunnel near Polichnitos, Polichnitos, 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 08.12.2023, Accessed 02.05.2026