Greater mouse-eared bat

Weight

24.8 g – 27.1 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

38.3 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

22 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

69 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.25src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

14.8 months – 16.5 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 greater mouse-eared 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 myotis (Borkhausen, 1797)

Synonyms Myotis alpinus, Myotis latipennis, Myotis murinus, Myotis spelaea, Myotis submarinus, Myotis typus, Vespertilio murinus

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

Brandt's bat

Myotis brandtii

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

Geoffroy's bat

Myotis emarginatus

Vespertilionidae

NT, Near Threatened

Bechstein's bat

Myotis bechsteinii

Vespertilionidae

CompareGreater mouse-eared bat vs Natterer's batGreater mouse-eared bat vs Whiskered batGreater mouse-eared bat vs Daubenton's batGreater mouse-eared bat vs Brandt's bat

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@misc{greater_mouse_eared_bat_2026,
  title = {Greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/greater-mouse-eared-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}