#0152 · 🦊 mammals
Northern Serotine
🇳🇱 Noordse Vleermuis ·Cnephaeus nilssonii
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what is it?
The northern bat ( Eptesicus nilssonii ) is the most abundant species of bat in northern Eurasia occurring from France to Hokkaidō and south to Kazakhstan.
base stats
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.
- 980 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Serotine
- Nederlands
- Noordse Vleermuis
- scientific name
- Cnephaeus nilssonii
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Vespertilionidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 596
- sightings worldwide
- 980
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Vespertilionidae
#0021 📷 8Common Pipistrelle
🇳🇱 Gewone Dwergvleermuis
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
LC 👀 66 in NL
#0024 📷 9Daubenton's bat
🇳🇱 Watervleermuis
Myotis daubentonii
LC 👀 60 in NL
#0026 📷 10Brown Long-eared Bat
🇳🇱 Bruine Grootoorvleermuis
Plecotus auritus
LC 👀 52 in NL
#0036 📷 10Natterer's Bat
🇳🇱 Franjestaart
Myotis nattereri
LC 👀 22 in NL
#0037 📷 10Nathusius' Pipistrelle
🇳🇱 Nathusiusdwergvleermuis
Pipistrellus nathusii
LC 👀 21 in NL
#0038 📷 8Eurasian Serotine
🇳🇱 Laatvlieger
Cnephaeus serotinus
LC 👀 20 in NL
#0039 📷 10Common Noctule
🇳🇱 Rosse Vleermuis
Nyctalus noctula
LC 👀 16 in NL
#0042 📷 10pond bat
🇳🇱 Meervleermuis
Myotis dasycneme
NT 👀 14 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1596132, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.