Gaetano Fichera

• Biodiversity Journal, 4 (4): 467-470

  Gaetano Fichera, Mauro Mucedda, Paolo Catalano & Ermanno Pidinchedda
  First record of Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) (Mammalia Chiroptera) in Sicily (Southern Italy)

  ABSTRACT
  We report the capture through mist-nets of two adult females Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) (Mammalia Chiroptera), along the course of Simeto river, in Adrano (Catania, Sicily, Italy). Their presence has been reported for the first time in Sicily, increasing the number of bat species present in the region to twenty-three.

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