#0043 · 🦊 mammals

Whiskered Bat

🇳🇱 Baardvleermuis ·Myotis mystacinus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The whiskered bat ( Myotis mystacinus ) and related species, are small European bats with long fur. Although uncommon, M. mystacinus is often found around human habitation and around water; it is similar to Brandt's bat Myotis brandtii , from which it was distinguished as a separate species only in 1970.

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 420iNaturalist 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 11 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the mammals in NL.
420 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Heinrich Kuhl in 1817 (209 years ago).