#0184 · 🦊 mammals
Mediterranean horseshoe bat
🇳🇱 Paarse Hoefijzerneus ·Rhinolophus euryale
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © angel_trres · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © joaopargana · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © melissadonnelly · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Giacomo Assandri · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Cluj, RO:© Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Girona, ES-CT, ES:© sergiCR · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, FR:© Christophe Savon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Vila Real, PT:© João Lima · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Mediterranean horseshoe bat ( Rhinolophus euryale ) is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and balkan peninsula, as well as parts of Italy.
base stats
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.
- 235 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 11 g.
- Scientifically named by Johann Heinrich Blasius in 1853 (173 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mediterranean horseshoe bat
- Nederlands
- Paarse Hoefijzerneus
- scientific name
- Rhinolophus euryale
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Rhinolophidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 179
- sightings worldwide
- 235
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 10.9 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1853 by Johann Heinrich Blasius
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Rhinolophidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 40677, Wikidata Q282863, GBIF 2432621, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.