【Bat Study and Conservation Report 】Table of contents

Say a few words of congratulations on the establishment

Letters from the readers

Bats in Iriomote Island

Feature article "Bat houses"

Letters from the readers

From editor

Feature article " Bat detector "

Letters from the readers

The report on the first Bat Watching Event

From editor

Special issue "Bats and caves"

What kind of caves are preferred by cave-dwelling bats ? Komoto, T.

Maternity caves Sawada I.

• Cave-dwelling bats Funakoshi K.
• Bats in Isumi county in Chiba prefecture Ohyabu K.
• Bat in the sidewalk tunnels in Toyama prefecture in winter Murai H. and Anada T.
• Cave-dwelling bats in North Mie Prefecture Teranishi T.
• Cave-dwelling bats in Kashiwazaki City in Niigata Prefecture Minowa K.

Reportage : A visit to the Bat House  Editor

From editor

Feature Article:Bat Conservation Issue throughout Japan

• Hipposideros turpis and Rhinolophus perditus in Iriomote Island Matsumura S.
• Conservation of Eptesicus japonensis in Norikura highland Yamamoto T.
• The present condition of Saiko Bat Cave (Bats have returned but still there are problems. Nakagawa Y.

　　　　Report

• Accidental capture of bats while bird banding Hashiomoto H.
• Mysterious call in the autumn nights Mikasa A.
• The rescue of Murina ussuriensis in Karuizawa highland Yokoyama M.

From editor

The first bat festival in Norikura in Nagano Prefecture

The first. Annual General Meeting

Our activities and the account in 1993 and 1994

From editor

Reports

• Bats in Nasu hightland Yasui S.
• Research on the bats in Togakushi Forest Botanical Garden Mikasa A.
• As soon as I got to the tropical rainforest, I encountered the mammal Kamiya Y.　
• Finding of the body of Nyctalus aviator Ochiai K.
• Two species of bats caught mistakenly while banding birds Sakuyama M.
• Bats and beer in summer Nakada T.
• Another report on mysterious call Aoki Y. Sekishima T. Ishihara T. Hata K. and the Editor

　　　　　　Announcement

Reports

• Hibernating Pipistrellu endoi in a library Yokoyama K.
• The copulation plug of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Tyukyoku, N. and Kojima A.
• The use of computer network as a means of exchanging information about bats Hashimoto H
• Pteropus dasymallus yaeyamae Morigichi M.
• The bat forum in Norikura highland Editor
• The second bat house in Japan has been built Editor
• A protest letter to NHK on a science documentary program
• Rabies infection from bats

Annual General Meeting in 1996

From the editor

Report

• Pellet study on the Pteropus dasymallus inopinatusl in Naha　Osada H.
• Hibernation of Murina ussuriensis in snow　Kanaizuka T.　
• The first bat usage of the Norikura bat house 　Noguchi S.　
• Bats in the lake Kawaguchi area　Shiraisi H
• Bat research in caves in Niijima Island　Asada M.
• Bat research at Asahi Spa in Yamagata prefecture　
• The dead Murina ussuriensis　 Kimura K.
• The Bat festival '97 in Temmabayashi village Editor
• Relocation of bats from Tenmakan shrine to a bat house Mukouyama M.

From the editor

Feature article:Tadarida insignis

• The fateful encounter with Tadarida insignis　Satoh M.
• The capture records of Tadarida insignis　Editor
• The map of mysterious call　Editor

The life of Pipistrellus abramus　Noguchi I.　

The talk on flying foxes　Funakoshi K.

Contributed article : A visit to BCI 　Honda N.

Reports

• Bat rescue facility in Aomori　Mukoyama　M.
• Bats in Fukuurahihi cave Minowa K.
• Pipistrellus abramus in captivity　Tanaka A.
• A bat under a stone　Suzuki K.
• Cave dwelling bats in Aichi　Teranishi T.

Bat festival in Shimokitayama Yasui S.

From the desk of BSCJ

• Annual general meeting in1998
• A statement about the assault on Vespertilio superans in Aomori

From the editor

• Forest dwelling bats in the Tomakomai forest of Hokkaido University laboratory Aoi T. and Fukui D.
• Bats in and around Obihiro city　Yanagawa H.　 　
• Hyakunennomori Park of Kuchan-cho hyakunen　Okazaki K.　 　
• Rishiri town museum Sato M.　 　
• Bats in and around Asahikawa city　Dewa H　 　
• Bats in Bihoro Yamaga Y.　

• The action plan BSCJ　 　
• The contents of the action plan and the progress　Maeda K.　 　
• Flying fox conservation in Japan　Osawa Y., Osawa K.　

• Discovery of a colony of Tadarida insignis　Kanaizuka T.　 　
• Bats at the 5th station of Mt.Fuji　Urano M.　　 　
• Breeding of Indian flyingfoxes　Ozaki R.　　 　
• "TOBE TOBE KOUMORI" My bat watching story　Kawai K.　　 　
• A dormouse that used a bathouse　Yamaguchi K.　　 　
• A colony of Murina leucogaster Chiba N.　　 　
• Bats and wintering flies　Arita T.　　 　

• A report of tagged Vespertilio superans in Akita city　Mukouyama M.　　 　
• Rescued Vespertilio superans in Tomae county in Hokkaido　Sato M., Ono H.　　 　
• Wintering Vespertilio superans in west Tanzawa in Kanagawa　Yamaguchi K.　　 　
• Bats in Gunma Shimizu T.　　 　
  Pipistrellus aburamus in captivity in Yamakita town in Kanagawa　Yamaguchi K.　

• A colony of Tadarida insignis Terayama M.
• A conservation facility plan of Myotis macrodactylus Mukoyama M.
• Behaviour of Rhinolophus cornutus at night roost in Norikura Highland Yamamoto T
• Bat box usage at Norikura Highland Nobuhito Honda and the Editor
• Bat usage of box calverts Yanagawa H., Noro M. and Okabe K.
• Bats in air-raid shelters Sano A.

• Bats in Borneo Kamiya Y.
• A bat research in Sichuan and Guangdong, China Mizuno M.and Mikasa A.

• The cave dwelling bats in Hokusetsu area, Osaka Urano N.
• A resting site of Murina ussuriensis Honda N.

• The world smallest bat Uzaki K.and Uzaki M.

• Tree Health Research Society and Symposium on tree hollows Sano A.and Shigeta M.
• A mysterious bat recorded by a infrared camera Yamaguchi Y.
• Sonograms of bats Honda N.
• A report on Plecotus auritus in northwest area of Gumma Shimizu T.
• A bat covered by Speleothem Chiba N.
• Bat road kill in Tokachi area, Hokkaido Yanagawa H., Akisawa N.and Tsutsubuchi M.
• A newly found maternity colony of Vespertilio superans in Osaka Urano N.
• The first record of Myotis macrodactylus in Hokusetsu area, Osaka Urano N.
• Bat conservation facility at Akohodobashi, Nango village, Aomori Mukoyama M.
• A bat conservation plan using a bat pit Tohoku Regional Agricultural Administration Office

• Bat festival 2002 in Fujisan
• The 8th general meeting
• Announcement

• A report of Pipistrellus abramus bred in a Hirundo daurica's nest. Hirata K.
• The first record of Vespertilio sinensis in Haboro townm Hokkaido Sato M.
• A recommendation of bat count -- 7 years research on bats in Norikura bat house Inoue A and Inoue C.
• The later report of bat conservation facility at Akohodobashi, Nango village, Aomori Mukoyama M.
• Bycatch of bats during bird banding Suginome S.
• Looking for bats in ole-growth forests. Kamijo T.
• Rehabilitation and release in the wild of baby bats Hayama H.
• Miniopterus fuliginosus crossed the sea Morii R.

• The 9th general meeting
• Announcement

• Maternity colony of Eptesicus japonensis at Norikura Highland Koyanagi K. Tsuji A. Yamamoto T. Mikasa A. Mizuno A. Nakamura M and Nishioka M.
• A rescued Vespertilio sinensis in Machida city, Tokyo Kasahi T. and Nagaoka H.
• A report of Murina hilgendorfi at Mt. Takao Kobuchi Y.
• A roost of Pipistrellus abramus in my house Kasahi T.
• A report of Paguma larvata in an abandoned mine Sano A.

• Myotis formosus in Taiwan　Harada M., Lin L. and Zhang C.
• Bat conservation and Management workshop at Mammoth Cave Arai Y.

• Tadarida insignis on Mimianajima, Mie Yamamoto T., Shimizu Z., Sano A. and Sano J.
• Overwintering population of Barbastella leucomelas and Vespertilio sinensis Sato A. and Katsuta S.
• Rhinolophus ferrumequinum roosting under a bridge Yoshikura S. and Sugiyama S.
• A roost of Nyctalus aviator in a hollow of a cut down tree Kasahi T. and Urano M.
• Pipistrellus abramus suffered from heat stress. Shimizu Y.
• Murina hilgendorfi and Murina ussuriensis roosting in furled leaves in Autumn Yamamoto T.
• A report of Murina ussuriensis at Mt. Irigasa Nakahara Y.
• A colony of Murina hilgendorfi in a calcareous cave in Fukushima Chiba N.
• A report of Murina ussuriensis at Urabandai, Fukushima Suzuki T.

• Australasian Bat Society Conference Osawa K. and Osawa Y.

• Fruit bat as reservoirs of Ebola virus Harada M.

• Year-round usage of tunnels by Murina hilgendorfi and their breeding at Tenryu-gawa river system Sato K. and Katsuta S.
• The usage of Bat boxes in Norikura highland Honda N. Mineshita K. Noguchi S. Yokoyama S. and Yamamoto T.
• Bat gate at a former underground military factory in Inuyama city, Aichi Yamamoto T. and Sano A.
• Bat box culvert Tategami M. and Yanagawa H.
• Mixed roost of different species of bats Urano N.
• Pipistrellus abramus under a land bridge in Kuki city, Saitama Ando Y., Osawa K. and Osawa Y
• Murina ussuriensis presumably resting in a fallen tree
• A report of Murina ussuriensis in Tokamachi city, Niigata Sawahata T.
• A picture of a bat taken by a motion-activated camera Ogawa Y.
• A report of a Vespertilio sinensis emerged and died in midwinter Nakajima H. and Shirai T.

• The maternity colonies and year-round usage of Myotis nattereri at Ohigawa river system and Tenryugawa river system Sato K. and Katsuta S.
• Bats roosting in Oinu-ana cave Shimizu Y.
• A rescued Vespertilio sinensis at an apartment building in Sumida ward, Tokyo Hirose K. and Ohashi N.
• Reports of Vespertilio sinensis in Okayama Egi H.
• Report of Vespertilio sinensis in Niigata Sawahata T.
• A newly found colony of Vespertilio sinensis in Osawa Urano N., Yonemichi T. and Yamamoto K.
• Pipistrellus abramus resting between Ceder timber Sano A.
• Presumable Murina ussuriensis picture taken in Sado Island. Shibata N.
• Eptesicus japonensis in a cottage at Yakushi Mountain Pass, Toyama Yoshida H.
• Capture of Pipistrellus abramus by mist nets Ando Y. and Shigeta M.

• Echolocation calls of presumably Tadarida spp. in Iheya Island Yoshino H. Kyle N A.
• Bat research in Kushigatayama, Yamanashi Sato A., Katsuta S., Ishihara M., Nakagawa Y., Yoshikura T. and Yamamoto T.
• A presumable Vespertilio sinensis in an apartment building in Sendai City Sugimoto A.
• Falco tinnunculus predation on bats Hirata H.
• A rescued Vespertilio sinensis in Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Itabashi M.

• In memory of Mr. Morii's 46 years of bat research Kaneko Y.
• In memory of Dr Sawada Harada M. and Minowa K.

• A colony of Tadarida insignis at Jogasaki, Shizuoka Sato A., Miyake T., Yamamoto T., Ohba T. Nakagawa Y. Osawa Y. Osawa K. Yamaguchi Y. Yamaguchi N. Yoshikura T. Takayama T. and Katsuta S.
• Seasonal change of cave usage of Murina hilgendorfi Urano N.
• The first record of Miniopterus fuliginosus on Izu-Oshima Island Amano N. Amano Y. and Naruse H.
• Murina hilgendorfi in a former air-raid shelter Harada M.
• Bats in Ikenochaya, Yamanashi Sato A., Katsuta S., Ishihara M. and Yamamoto T.
• A small cluster of Miniopterus fuliginosus
• Bat call library Mikasa A., Fukui D., Yoshikura T., Sasaki N., Imai H. and Mizuno M.
• A maternity colony of Plecotus sacrimontis in Kushigatayama, Yamanashi Sato A., Ishihara M., Katsuta S., Yoshikura T. and Yamamoto T.

• Taiwan bat research Sato A., Fukui D., Hirakawa H., Yoshikura T. and Mineshita K.
• Bat research and conservation in the Great Britain Fukui D.
• Pteropus dasymallus on Batan Island in the Philippine Osawa K. and Osawa Y

• Nyctalus aviator roosting in a house in Gifu Yamamoto T., Ito K. and Kajiura K
• Ground prowling insets in feces of Murina hilgendorfi
• Vespertilio sinensis found in apartments in Kanto area. Kasahi T.
• A maternity roost of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Nagai E.
• Bat surveys with unattended bat detector D500 Sato A., Kato E., Katsuta S. and Yamamoto T.
• Migration of cave dwelling bats in the suburbs of Osaka Urano N. and Harada M.
• A report on a rescued bat appeared to be Vespertilio sinensis from Adachi ward, Tokyo Kasahi T.
• Two partial albino Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in Kawane honcho, Sizuoka Sato A., Katsuta S., Miyake T. and Yamamoto T.
• Bat festival at Kushigatayama in 2011 Sato A.
• 2012 report of damage on bats by the Tohoku Earthquake Sakuyama M.
• Philippine bat camp Osawa K. and Osawa Y.
• The 16th general meeting
• The 17th general meeting
• Announcement

• Bat trip across the US Osawa K. and Osawa Y.
• Tossho-zan is a bat treasure house Dewa H., Shimizu S., and Murayama M.
• Roost ecology of Murina ussuriensis in summer and autumn Hirakawa H.
• Bat festival 2013 in Ozoracho Kondo N.
• Essay on bats Nakajima H.
• A report from the 16th International Bat Research Conference Mikasa A. and Mizuno M.
• Predation on Stenopsyche marmorata by Vespertilio sinensis and Pipistrellus abramus in flight Sato A., Katsuta S., Osawa K., and Osawa Y.
• Fallen bat at Kichi-joji Yamada T.
• A report of Miniopterus fuliginosus in Tokyo Urano M. and Kasahi T.
• The 19th general meeting
• Announcement

• Bat notebook 1. Pipistrellus endoi IMAIZUMI, 1959 in Miyagi Prefecture Takahashi O.
• Debate over a bat gate Sano A.
• First record of Murina ussuriensis on Sado Island Yanagisawa S.
• Roadkill report of Pipistrellus abramus Sato A., Katsuta S., Osawa K., and Osawa Y.
• Long-distance movement of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum between Ishikawa Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture Yamamoto T. and Inaba H.
• Report of Eptesicus japonensis roosting in a tree cavity Yamamoto T.
• Report of Vespertilio sinensis in Yachiyo City, Chiba Prefecture Komatsu M. and Komatsu H.
• Report of Murina ussuriensis in snow Fujita T., Sato S., and Takemura H.
• New record of Nyctalus aviator from Kurashiki City, Okayama identified by fecal DNA analysis Nishiyama Y., Osajima G., Sonoda S., and Miyatake T.
• Flying fox watching trip to Turtle Mountain Island in Taiwan Osawa K. and Osawa Y.
• Bat festival 2014 in Adatara Highland Sato Y.
• The 20th general meeting

• Special contribution : Critical roles of mitochondria in the evolution of bats Mori, T.
• Bats in Kunisaki area in Kawanishi City, Gifu Harada M
• Vespertilio sinensis found in narrow crevises of high raised bridges in the residential areas in Gifu Nagano, H.
• Murina ussuriensis found in snow in Togakushi area in Nagano Osawa Y. and Osawa K.
• Nyctalus aviator and Pipistrellus abramus in the high raised railway of Ihara railway in Kurashiki City Koshiyama, Y., Osajima, G. and Miyatake, T.
• Bat calls recorded in Fukushima forest park Yamamoto., T.
• Hibernating Vespertilio sinensis found in Konohana ward in Osaka City Harada, M. and Tukushi, T.
• Bat Festival 2015 in Taiwan Mikasa, A.
• Bat Festival 2016 in Tengu highland Tanioka H.
• The 21th general meeting
• The 22th general meeting
• Announcement and bat topics

• Possible new identification of live Japanese pipistrelle and Endo's pipistrelle Pipistrelllus endoi. Satoh, A., Katsuta, S., and Takahashi, O.
• Maximum life span recorded of Japanese forestdwelling bats Yamamoto, T.
• An Asian parti-colored bat Vespertilio sinensis found in a public restroom in Oku-Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan Kasai, M. and Yasui, S.
• Bat notes (2) eastern barbastelle Barbastella darjelingensis(Hodgson, 1855) Takahashi, O.
• Geographic variation in the vocalizations of two Japanese bat species of the family Rhinolophidae Yamamoto, T.
• A side story on the midday flight of birdlike noctule Nyctalus aviator (daytime flights in late October-late November and early March-early April) Osawa, K. and Osawa, Y.
• An Ussurian tube-nosed bat Murina ussuirensis resting on a dead tree in Kami Town, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan Tanaka, K.
• Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat Murina hilgendorfi falling into pit fall traps Obara, Y.
• Morphological variation and species names of adult bedbugs parasitizing the Asian parti-colored bat Vespertilio sinensis in Shichinohe Town, Aomori Prefecture, Japan Ohno, M. and Sasaki, R.
• An attempt to discriminate bat species by calls using machine learning in Python Yamamoto, T.
• Cave-dwelling bat species and their distribution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan Urano, N., Fujita, S., and Nishimura, M.
• Report Batty Life in Poland Nagare-Sornek, Y.
• Report Bat Festival in Mie Sano., A.
• From the secretariat Report
  　The 23rd General Meeting of the BSCJ Report
  　The 24th General Meeting of the BSCJ
• Announcement

• First in Japan! Discovery of the breeding site of the Alashanian pipistrelle　Hypsugo alaschanicus Nakajima, H.
• Bat notes (3) Japanese pipistrelle Pipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1840) Takahashi, O.
• A Ryukyu flying fox Pteropus dasymallus immediately after giving birth and a colony Osawa, K. and Osawa, Y.
• Daytime flight of the eastern barbastelle Barbastella leucomelas in eastern Hokkaido Watanabe, M. and Kondo, N.
• Bats coming to the window Hirakawa, H.
• Cave-using bat species and their distribution in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan Urano, N. and Nishimura, M.
• Long-distance movements of greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum confirmed by wing-banding studies Urano, N., Nishimura, M., and Fujita, T)
• In memory of my teacher, Dr. Teruaki Uchida Mouri, T.
• Report: Batty Life in Poland Nagare-Sornek, Y.
• Looking back at the flying primate hypothesis: From Bats-Biology and Behaviour (1996) to Bats-From Evolution to Conservation (2011) Osawa, K
• From the Secretariat Submission of a written request and questionnaire requesting conservation measures for the endangered Japanese noctule Nyctalus furvus in the Kaminokuni No. 2 wind power generation project and the Kaminokuni Wind Farm, and a response from Power Development Co.
• From the secretariat of the BSCJ
  　The 25th General Meeting of BSCJ
  　The 26th General Meeting of BSCJ
• Announcement

• T. Mr. Nakagawa Usuki, N.
• bat-conservation-fujiyama@ Sato, A.
• Mr. Nakagawa with a loud voice Mikasa, A
• I thank you, Mr. Nakagawa Sano, A.
• When I remember my dad Nakagawa, K.
• The Supreme Bat Photography: Mr. Yuzo Nakagawa's Greatest Masterpiece Nakajima, H.
• Mr. Nakagawa with fisheye lens Ishihara, M
• Nature, Bats and Mr. Nakagawa Yoshikura, S.
• Memories of Mr. Nakagawa and bats in Thailand Mizuno, A.

• Bat species using caves and their distribution in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Urano, N., Hujita, S., and Nishimura, M
• Acoustic survey of bats using D500X in Gifu Prefecture, Japan (2014) Yamamoto, T.
• Roost use and survival confirmation from photographic images of Japanese Long-eared Bat Plecotus sacrimontis Yamamoto, T.
• A maternity Asian parti-colored Bat found in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Yamaguchi, Y., Taniwagi, M., Yamaguchi, N. and Yamaguchi, K.
• Records of a Long-fingerd Bat in Uenohara City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan Osawa, Y., Kawano, N. and Furuse, K.