#0038 · 🦊 mammals

Eurasian Serotine

🇳🇱 Laatvlieger ·Cnephaeus serotinus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mnolf · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Viktor Parkhomenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Anxos Romeo Barreiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Avelino Vieira · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The serotine bat ( Eptesicus serotinus ), also known as the common serotine bat , big brown bat , or silky bat , is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around 37 cm (15 in) and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roosts in buildings, hanging upside down, in small groups or individually.

base stats

NL sightings 20iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,272iNaturalist 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).