#0073 · 🦊 mammals
Bechstein's bat
🇳🇱 Bechsteins Vleermuis ·Myotis bechsteinii
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ján Svetlík · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Milan Pestalozzi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Ján Svetlík · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Hinrich Matthes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Martin A. Prinz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Manuel Ruedi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © bebielefeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Vladimír Fuka · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Bechstein's bat ( Myotis bechsteinii ) is a species of vesper bat found in Europe and western Asia, living in extensive areas of woodland.
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
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 376 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Heinrich Kuhl in 1817 (209 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bechstein's bat
- Nederlands
- Bechsteins Vleermuis
- scientific name
- Myotis bechsteinii
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Vespertilionidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 307
- sightings worldwide
- 376
- GBIF records in NL
- 276
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Heinrich Kuhl
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. 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 74697, Wikidata Q756687, GBIF 2432427, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.