#0162 · 🦊 mammals
European Free-tailed Bat
🇳🇱 Europese Bulvleermuis ·Tadarida teniotis
📍 Κρήτη, Ηράκλειο, Κρήτη, GR
📍 Centre-Plainpalais-Acacias, Genève, Switzerland
📍 Kiryat Bialik, Israel
📍 חטיבת הנגב/שועלי שמשון, אשדוד, ישראל
📍 14010 Córdoba, Spain
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Vincent Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rohit Chakravarty · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © The Darwin Initiative Centre for Bat Research · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © miren.aldasoro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © gsilvia · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Κρήτη, Ηράκλειο, Κρήτη, GR:© Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Centre-Plainpalais-Acacias, Genève, Switzerland:© Manuel Ruedi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Kiryat Bialik, Israel:© E. Raven Teva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. חטיבת הנגב/שועלי שמשון, אשדוד, ישראל:© Shlomi Levi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 14010 Córdoba, Spain:© Goro Saber Animal · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The European free-tailed bat . ( Tadarida teniotis , sometimes given as Tadarida insignis ) is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World. Other common names include the bulldog bat and the mastiff bat because of the presence of wrinkling on the snout. This bat is found in the Mediterranean region of Europe and in scattered locations across Asia at altitudes from sea level to 3100 m. It was reported from Korea in 1931, but has not...
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.
- 544 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1814 (212 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Free-tailed Bat
- Nederlands
- Europese Bulvleermuis
- scientific name
- Tadarida teniotis
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Molossidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 235
- sightings worldwide
- 544
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1814 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Molossidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 41298, Wikidata Q540069, GBIF 2433009, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.