#0524 · 🦊 mammals

Pallid Bat

🇳🇱 Bleke Vleermuis ·Antrozous pallidus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The pallid bat ( Antrozous pallidus ) is a species of bat that ranges from western Canada to central Mexico. It is the sole species of its genus and is closely related to Van Gelder's bat ( Bauerus dubiaquercus ), which is sometimes included in Antrozous . Although it has in the past been placed in its own subfamily (Antrozoinae) or even family (Antrozoidae), it is now considered part of the subfamily Vespertilioninae and the tribe Antrozoini.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,643iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,643 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Lawrence LeConte in 1856 (170 years ago).