#0036 · 🦊 mammals

Natterer's Bat

🇳🇱 Franjestaart ·Myotis nattereri

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Ján Svetlík · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Jan Svetlik · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Simon Colmer/naturepl.com · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Herewegwijk en Helpman, Groningen, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Oranjewoud, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 6301 BP Valkenburg, Nederland:© sandyroest · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Oudeschoot, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 8453 JH Oranjewoud, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Oldeholtpade, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Natterer's bat ( Myotis nattereri ) is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings. It has brown fur tending to greyish-white on its underside. It is found across most of the continent of Europe, parts of the Near East and North Africa. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates which it catches on the wing or pursues on the ground.

base stats

NL sightings 22iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 763iNaturalist 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 22 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #36 most seen of the mammals in NL.
763 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Heinrich Kuhl in 1817 (209 years ago).