Plecotus, E. Geoffroy, 1818

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 : 10-11

Plecotus au ritus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

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

Twelve individuals (9 males and 3 females) were captured with mist-nets nearby water bodies at the entrance of some caves (up to an altitude of 1900 m). Three roosts were identified in Valdieri municipality, one of which was a breeding roost located under a church roof and used by approximately 20 females. The other two roosts were temporary and only single individuals were observed in each.