#0142 · 🦊 mammals

Western Barbastelle

🇳🇱 Mopsvleermuis ·Barbastella barbastellus

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The barbastelle ( Barbastella barbastellus ), also known as the western barbastelle , is a European bat. It has a short nose, small eyes and wide ears.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,292iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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.
1,292 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1774 (252 years ago).