#0373 · 🦊 mammals

Tri-coloured Bat

🇳🇱 Pipistrellus subflavus ·Perimyotis subflavus

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Zella W. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Erik Atwell · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Dave Thomas · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dave Thomas · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Dave Thomas · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Pennsylvania, US:© Alex Lamoreaux · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Tennessee, US:© mcboatman · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Mississippi, US:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Missouri, US:© Caleb Wardlaw · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Texas, US:© Nathan Wahler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Formerly known as the eastern pipistrelle , technically an inaccurate classification, the new more descriptive common name tricolored bat ( Perimyotis subflavus ) was chosen because of the distinct tricoloration of each hair, which is black at the base, yellow in the middle and brown at the tips. This species of bat is widely distributed throughout the eastern parts of America and Canada, ranging west until Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, from Honduras up north until southern Ontario. It is...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,538iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

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.
3,538 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Frédéric Cuvier in 1832 (194 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.