#0042 · 🦊 mammals
pond bat
🇳🇱 Meervleermuis ·Myotis dasycneme
📍 Bagrationovskiy rayon, RU-KN, RU
📍 Shipunovskiy rayon, RU-AL, RU
📍 Moskva, RU
📍 Chelyabinsk, RU
📍 Rebild, DK-ND, DK
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Yuzefovich Alexander · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © batworker · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Полина Полежанкина · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © anonymous · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Bagrationovskiy rayon, RU-KN, RU:© Yuzefovich Alexander · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Shipunovskiy rayon, RU-AL, RU:© ivanchez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Moskva, RU:© Федор Кондрачук · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Chelyabinsk, RU:© Полина Полежанкина · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Rebild, DK-ND, DK:© Daniel Eskildsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The pond bat ( Myotis dasycneme ) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Eurasia from France to Russia and Kazakhstan.
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 14 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #42 most seen of the mammals in NL.
- 210 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- pond bat
- Nederlands
- Meervleermuis
- scientific name
- Myotis dasycneme
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Vespertilionidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 14
- sightings in Europe
- 105
- sightings worldwide
- 210
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,799
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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
#0043 📷 7Whiskered Bat
🇳🇱 Baardvleermuis
Myotis mystacinus
LC 👀 11 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 40308, Wikidata Q737766, GBIF 2432452, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.