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Roberto Toffoli

  • Biodiversity Journal, 8 (4): 881-884

    Roberto Toffoli
    Elevation record for Myotis daubentonii in the Italian Western Alps (Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae)

    ABSTRACT
    Five captures of Myotis daubentonii (Kühl, 1817) (Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae) are here reported at an altitudes between 1828 and 2050 meters on the Italian Western Alps in foraging and swarming sites. An immature male was captured at 2050 meters of altitude while looking for food on an alpine wetland, resulting in the altitude record for this species in Italy. Data also confirm the presence of females of the species at an altitudes greater than 2000 meters in swarming sites, raising the recorded altitude limit for the females of this species in Italy.