#0175 · 🦊 mammals

Lesser mouse-eared bat

🇳🇱 Kleine Vale Vleermuis ·Myotis blythii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © melissadonnelly · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Manuel Ruedi · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Kudaibergen Amirekul · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Kaloust Paragamian · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Kudaibergen Amirekul · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © The Darwin Initiative Centre for Bat Research · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Irina Baeva · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The lesser mouse-eared bat ( Myotis blythii ) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 327iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
327 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Fisher Tomes in 1857 (169 years ago).