Myotis daubentonii (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 : 9

Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)

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

Italy: Least Concern - LC ( Rondinini et al., 2013).

The species was detected in 11 different locations during bioacoustic surveys, catches and roost searches, up to an altitude of 1900 m. Temporary roosts used by single individuals were localized in some of the bridges along the Gesso valley and in some natural and artificial cavities in Roaschia and Limone municipality. Thirty-five males and 6 females were caught using mist-nets at the entrance of cavities or over water bodies. This species represents the most frequently captured species after Myotis emarginatus .