Аннотация:A single bone fragment of a Vespertilionine bat was discovered in the rich Late
Turolian (MN12-13) vertebrate fauna of Morskaya 2 site near Taganrog (Sea of Azov region).
This is the first record of bat remains from Late Miocene deposits of the European
Russia. The morphology of the discovered fossil, represented by mandibular fragment
with two molars, resembles the recent genera Vespertilio and Eptesicus. Comparative
analysis with recent and fossil species of these two taxa allows us to assign this fossil to
Vespertilio cf. villanyiensis.