Plecotus auritus (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.