Mountain noctule

Weight

16 g – 21.9 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

12.5 years – 16 years

Diet

Invertivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

1.5

Litters or clutches a year

1

Active

At night (nocturnal)

Lifestyle

Aerial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderChiroptera
5. familyVespertilionidae
6. genusNyctalus
7. SpeciesNyctalus montanus (Barrett-Hamilton, 1906)

Synonyms Nyctalus leisleri montanus, Plerygistes montanus, Pterygistes montanus

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common noctule

Nyctalus noctula

Vespertilionidae

L

Leisler's bat

Nyctalus leisleri

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

G

Giant noctule

Nyctalus lasiopterus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

B

Birdlike noctule

Nyctalus aviator

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

A

Azorean bat

Nyctalus azoreum

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

C

Chinese noctule

Nyctalus plancyi

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMountain noctule vs Common noctuleMountain noctule vs Leisler's batMountain noctule vs Giant noctuleMountain noctule vs Birdlike noctule

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@misc{mountain_noctule_2026,
  title = {Mountain noctule (Nyctalus montanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-noctule},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}