Botta's serotine

Weight

14.2 g – 15.7 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

12 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

2src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Aerialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The botta's serotine is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderChiroptera
5. familyVespertilionidae
6. genusEptesicus
7. SpeciesEptesicus bottae (Peters, 1869)

Synonyms Cnephaeus bottae

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Serotine bat

Eptesicus serotinus

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

Northern bat

Eptesicus nilssonii

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

Big brown bat

Eptesicus fuscus

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

G

Gobi big brown bat

Eptesicus gobiensis

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Argentine brown bat

Eptesicus furinalis

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

Brazilian brown bat

Eptesicus brasiliensis

Vespertilionidae

CompareBotta's serotine vs Serotine batBotta's serotine vs Northern batBotta's serotine vs Big brown batBotta's serotine vs Gobi big brown bat

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@misc{bottas_serotine_2026,
  title = {Botta's serotine (Eptesicus bottae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bottas-serotine},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}