Savi’s Pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii)

The Savi's Pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii) belongs to the family Vespertilionidae. It is a small bat with variable color of the fur. The Savi's Pipistrelle weighs only 5 ÷ 9 [g], and the forearm is 31 to 38 [mm] long. For resorts it usually chooses cracks in the rocks at the entrances of caves and houses (cracks in the walls, under the tiles). The Savi's Pipistrelle is one of the most common species in Europe and is found from the Iberian Peninsula through Greece to Minor Asia, covering the entire Mediterranean (northern Africa to the south and southern parts of Switzerland, Austria and Hungary to the north). It is found in a wide range of habitats, from the sea to 3,000 [m] altitude in the mountains. It prefers karst areas and a mosaic of traditional agricultural landscapes and Mediterranean macchia, while it is rarely found in dense forests. It usually hunts over water, then in alpine and other pastures, in settlements around street lamps, under tree canopies, land with sparse vegetation and along rocky sections. The presence of this species has been confirmed by field research along the shores of Lake Prespa, near the village of Asamati on the border of the Ezerani Nature Park. The Savi's Pipistrelle is listed in Annex IV of the Habitats Directive and Annex II of the Bern Convention.