Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817)

Toffoli, Roberto, Culasso, Paola, Locatelli, Andrea G. & Giraudo, Luca, 2016, Bats of Alpi Marittime Nature Park (North West Italy) and Site of Community Importance IT 1160056: distribution and status, Natural History Sciences 3 (1), pp. 3-13 : 10

Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817)

Risk Level Europe: Least Concern - LC ( Temple & Terry, 2007).

Italy: Near Threatened - NT ( Rondinini et al., 2013).

This is one of the most common bat species in the study area, detected in 32.0% of kilometric cells in the study area up to an altitude of 2000 m. A temporary roost used by 1-2 individuals was located under the roof of a residential building in Palanfrè (Vernante) during summer 2011 at 1450 m a.s.l. Ten individuals (5 males and 5 females) were captured nearby waterways in the Gesso valley . Although breeding sites were not identified, post-lactating females were captured, indicating that the species probably reproduces within the study area.