Geoffroy's bat

Weight

7.66 g – 9.28 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

18 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

22.7 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

0.995src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

14.3 months – 15 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The geoffroy's bat 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. genusMyotis
7. SpeciesMyotis emarginatus (E. Geoffroy, 1806)

Synonyms Myotis budapestiensis, Myotis ciliati, Myotis emarginatus turcomanicus, Myotis neglectus, Myotis rufescens, Myotis schrankii

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Natterer's bat

Myotis nattereri

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

W

Whiskered bat

Myotis mystacinus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Daubenton's bat

Myotis daubentonii

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

Greater mouse-eared bat

Myotis myotis

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

Brandt's bat

Myotis brandtii

Vespertilionidae

NT, Near Threatened

Bechstein's bat

Myotis bechsteinii

Vespertilionidae

CompareGeoffroy's bat vs Natterer's batGeoffroy's bat vs Whiskered batGeoffroy's bat vs Daubenton's batGeoffroy's bat vs Greater mouse-eared bat

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@misc{geoffroys_bat_2026,
  title = {Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/geoffroys-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}