#0055 · 🦊 mammals

Geoffroy's Bat

🇳🇱 Ingekorven Vleermuis ·Myotis emarginatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jan Svetlik · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Milan Pestalozzi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Kaloust Paragamian · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Provincia di Pisa, Italia:© Alin · CC BY 4.0
8. Aquitaine, FR:© Damien Brouste · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 36300 Rosnay, France:© Olmes W · CC BY 4.0
10. Xibrakë, Albania:© Mateusz Ciechanowski · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Geoffroy's bat ( Myotis emarginatus ) is a species of vesper bat.

base stats

NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,113iNaturalist 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

Spotted 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #50 most seen of the mammals in NL.
1,113 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1806 (220 years ago).