#0026 · 🦊 mammals

Brown Long-eared Bat

🇳🇱 Bruine Grootoorvleermuis ·Plecotus auritus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bruno Durand · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © qollqe · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Алексей и Елизавета Романовы (Уральский птицезыр) · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Evgeny Pervakov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Feankleaster, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Herewegwijk en Helpman, Groningen, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Oldekerk, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Herewegwijk en Helpman, Groningen, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat ( Plecotus auritus ) is a small Eurasian bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat which was only validated as a distinct species in the 1960s.

base stats

NL sightings 52iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,088iNaturalist 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 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #26 most seen of the mammals in NL.
2,088 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).