Terrestrial Vertebrates of Post-Quarrying Sites in the Donbas Region of Ukraine. Ulyura, E., Tytar, V.-An inventory of terrestrial vertebrates in six post-quarrying sites in the Donbas Region of Ukraine revealed 104 species (2 amphibian, 6 reptile, 78 bird and 18 mammal species). Th e potential of these sites was confi rmed for sustaining and conservation of numerous species of terrestrial vertebrates; some relationships were considered between environmental heterogeneity and species richness.

The study is devoted to the analysis of collections of the felid family, which are housed in natural history museums of Ukraine, two academic and eight university. The basics of the modern taxonomy of felids are considered with the vernacular names of tribes, genera and their type species, which is important for the unification of exhibition and catalogue information. For each of the considered museums, four blocks of data are presented: a general summary for the collection, presentation of particularly valuable or unique specimens, and description of the exhibition and scientific collections. The most complete felid collections (in terms of the number of specimens) are housed in the Museum of Nature of Kharkiv University (109 specimens), in the National Museum of Natural History (152 specimens), and in the Zoological Museum of Odesa University (66 specimens); in other collections the amount of material is much smaller (7–36 specimens). The total volume of collections of this family reaches 460 specimens of 21 species of 12 genera (out of 14 living). The examples of materials important for the dissemination of knowledge about this group are given, from folklore to important and interesting scientific facts for the general public. For all species, there is an organised catalogue, classified by tribe, genus, and species (all alphabetically), in which key information about the available specimens is given for each museum. Such information for each species is arranged according to the scheme ‘museum, location, number of samples, collection numbers and types of specimens, date, and collector or preparator.’ The present study is the first such generalisation of zoological collections of Ukraine, the experience of which can be extended to other groups of animals. The development of this study showed a high interest of colleagues in such generalisations, which clearly activate the attention of museum workers, researchers of variability and diversity, potential museum visitors and society to the topic of the selected focus groups and activation of exhibiting and research work in relation to those groups.

The results of the study of bat groups in anthropogenic landscapes of the Donbass are presented. The study is a pioneer for this type of sites and can serve as a starting point for further monitoring. A total of 15 sites were surveyed using an ultrasonic detector, which allowed recording the hunting activity of bats. The frequency of registrations of bats was insignificant. Three species were identified, in particular Pipistrellus kuhlii (149), Eptesicus serotinus (39), and Nyctalus noctula (6). It is shown that there are actually only two species—Pipistrellus kuhlii and Eptesicus serotinus—in the surveyed types of landscapes, which are synanthropic and are considered alien to the region’s fauna.

Volodymyr Tytar has devoted much of his research to the study of the fauna of unique parts of the world—Chukotka, Kyrgyzstan, Chernobyl, the Black Sea region, and others. He has been interested in various animal taxa, including those of mammals. Focusing on mammal species, he has conducted a number of unique research related to the study of viability and variability of populations under extreme conditions (including radioactive pollution), modelling of the ecological niche and dynamics of their home ranges in the context of climate change. He has paid considerable attention to the research and monitoring of populations of rare species on the basis of citizen science, including the study of the Central Asian population of snow leopards, as well as the long-tailed marmot as their potential prey. The researcher's activity is also related to the development of management plans for wetlands of international importance.

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