#0039 · 🦊 mammals

Common Noctule

🇳🇱 Rosse Vleermuis ·Nyctalus noctula

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jan Svetlik · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Jan Svetlik · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Viktor Stepanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Konstantin Grebennikov · CC BY 4.0
5. © Mathias D'haen · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Mathias D'haen · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 89415 Lauingen, Germany:© Jukka Jantunen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Середино-Будский район, Сумская область, Украина:© andriy_miskov · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Lesser Poland, PL:© Szymon Czyżewski · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Багратионовский р-н, Калининградская обл., Россия:© Yuzefovich Alexander · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common noctule ( Nyctalus noctula ) is a species of bat common throughout Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 16iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,718iNaturalist 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 16 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the mammals in NL.
2,718 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1774 (252 years ago).