Myotis mystacinus (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

Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817)

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

Italy: Vulnerable - VU ( Rondinini et al., 2013).

Seven individuals were caught over the water and near cavity entrances in 4 different locations in Entracque, Valdieri and Limone municipality up to an altitude of 1500 m. A breeding roost was found in a residential building in San Giacomo d’Entracque during summer 1996, at 1250 m a.s.l. frequented by approximately 10 females. Here two youngsters were captured on 24 th and 29 th August 1996 ( Toffoli, 1999). The use of this roost by bats was checked up until 2005.