#0189 · 🦊 mammals

Brandt's bat

🇳🇱 Brandts Vleermuis ·Myotis brandtii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Борисенко · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
3. © Algirdas · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Kutushev Radik · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Świętokrzyskie, PL:© Maksymilian Wojtkiewicz · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Старомайнский р-н, Ульяновская обл., Россия:© Андрей Москвичев · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Респ. Башкортостан, Россия, 453870:© Султангареева Лилия · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. г. Североуральск, Свердловская обл., Россия:© svetlana_katana · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, DE:© Kai Klawitter · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Brandt's bat ( Myotis brandtii ) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found throughout most of Europe and parts of Asia. It is known for its extreme life expectancy relative to its body size, approximately twice that of humans.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 188iNaturalist 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.
188 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1845 (181 years ago).