#0037 · 🦊 mammals

Nathusius' Pipistrelle

🇳🇱 Nathusiusdwergvleermuis ·Pipistrellus nathusii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Yuzefovich Alexander · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ivan Pancic · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © fs-phil · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Naarden, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 9979 XA Eemshaven, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 9101 WB Dokkum, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Dokkum, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Dokkum, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Den Helder, NL-NH, NL:© jfgodeau · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Nathusius' pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus nathusii ) is a small bat in the genus Pipistrellus . It is very similar to the common pipistrelle and has been overlooked in many areas until recently but it is widely distributed across Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 21iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 958iNaturalist 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 21 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #37 most seen of the mammals in NL.
958 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1839 (187 years ago).