#0256 · 🦊 mammals

Big Brown Bat

🇳🇱 Grote Bruine Vleermuis ·Eptesicus fuscus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Joe Bartok · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © yuriaguire88 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Tiana Cabana · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Fyn Kynd · CC BY 4.0
6. © Matt Reinbold · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Grand Isle County, US-VT, US:© hobiecat · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Barbour Pond, Woodland Park, NJ, US:© stephen_buckingham · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. South Burlington, VT, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, Toronto, ON, Canada:© Alex · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The big brown bat ( Eptesicus fuscus ) is a widespread species of bat found throughout North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and extreme northern South America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,045iNaturalist observations
weight 3.3 gadult, up to
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.
12,045 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 3 g.
Scientifically named by Palisot de Beauvois in 1796 (230 years ago).