#0440 · 🦊 mammals

Northern Hoary Bat

🇳🇱 Grijze Vleermuis ·Lasiurus cinereus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © selwynq · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Patricia · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Christa Rose · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jorge Eduardo Torres Suárez · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Colin Barrows · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. W Monee Manhattan Rd, Monee, IL, US:© shawk22 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Norfolk County, ON, Canada:© David Bell · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Washington County, OR, USA:© Patricia · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Doña Ana County, NM, USA:© Dylan Osterhaus · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Douglasdale, Calgary, AB T2Z, Canada:© trevcis · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The hoary bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,438iNaturalist observations
weight 28 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.
2,438 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 28 g.
Scientifically named by Palisot de Beauvois in 1796 (230 years ago).