Diminutive serotine

Weight

6 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

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 diminutive 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

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderChiroptera
5. familyVespertilionidae
6. genusEptesicus
7. SpeciesEptesicus diminutus Osgood, 1915

Synonyms Neoeptesicus diminutus

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

Botta's serotine

Eptesicus bottae

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

G

Gobi big brown bat

Eptesicus gobiensis

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

A

Argentine brown bat

Eptesicus furinalis

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

CompareDiminutive serotine vs Serotine batDiminutive serotine vs Northern batDiminutive serotine vs Big brown batDiminutive serotine vs Botta's serotine

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@misc{diminutive_serotine_2026,
  title = {Diminutive serotine (Eptesicus diminutus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/diminutive-serotine},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}