#0158 · 🦊 mammals
Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat
🇳🇱 Langvleugelvleermuis ·Miniopterus schreibersii
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Marc Domènech · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © melissadonnelly · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Yves Bas · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © clement coutard · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Mario Modesto Mata · CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The common bent-wing bat , Schreibers' long-fingered bat , or Schreibers' bat ( Miniopterus schreibersii ) is a species of bat in the family Miniopteridae. It is a species of subtropical origin distributed throughout the southern Palearctic, Ethiopic, Oriental, and Australian regions. In Europe, it is present in the southern half from Iberia to the Caucasus, with the largest populations found in the warmer Mediterranean area. The common and scientific names honor Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.
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.
- 668 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Heinrich Kuhl in 1817 (209 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat
- Nederlands
- Langvleugelvleermuis
- scientific name
- Miniopterus schreibersii
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Miniopteridae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 541
- sightings worldwide
- 668
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Heinrich Kuhl
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 57534, Wikidata Q833653, GBIF 9796816, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.