#0115 · 🦊 mammals

Little Brown Bat

🇳🇱 Kleine Bruine Vleermuis ·Myotis lucifugus

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Jason Headley · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jerry Cannon · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Eric Knopf · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © SMBishop · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Zach Hawn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © pascal_samson · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Vermont, US:© Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Essex County, US-NY, US:© CJ Campbell · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Peace River, CA-BC, CA:© Jason Headley · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Windsor County, US-VT, US:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The little brown bat (sometimes called little brown myotis ) ( Myotis lucifugus ) is a species of the genus Myotis (mouse-eared bats), one of the most common bats of North America. It has been a model organism for the study of bats (chiropterology).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,369iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

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.
3,369 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Eatton Le Conte in 1831 (195 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.