#0143 · 🦊 mammals

Lesser Noctule

🇳🇱 Bosvleermuis ·Nyctalus leisleri

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Yuzefovich Alexander · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Gabi Rusu · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Geidorf, Graz, Österreich:© tobiasmair · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Montejo de la Sierra, 28190, Madrid, España:© Natalia Rojas-Estevez · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Fratarski Otok, Fratarski otok, Pula, 52100, Pula, Chorvatsko:© Jakub Šidlík · CC BY 4.0
6. 27308 Kirchlinteln, Deutschland:© bebielefeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 83 Chiemsee, Deutschland:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
8. Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR:© Sophie Mowles · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Юхновский р-н, Калужская обл., Россия:© Sergey_Cher · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Okręg Dibra, Albania:© Mateusz Ciechanowski · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The lesser noctule or Leisler's bat ( Nyctalus leisleri ) is a species of bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,175iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,175 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Heinrich Kuhl in 1817 (209 years ago).