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Natterer's bat

Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817)

LCLeast Concernbats

Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the order Chiroptera. It is a tiny mammal with an adult body mass of 7.14 g, up to 7.5 g, and a wingspan of 26.8 cm.

Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)
Photo: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the natterer's bat

Natterer's bat is a nocturnal, scansorial invertivore that has one young per litter and one litter per year. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not a threatened category.

Weight
7.14 g – 7.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
26.8 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
20 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
23.7 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
cavesrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src 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
Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the natterer's bat?

NATTERER'S BAT · WINGSPAN 26.8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 26.8 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the natterer's bat is about 16% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Photos of the natterer's bat

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Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)
Rauno Kalda · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)
Tommy Andriollo (iNaturalist user tommy_andriollo) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the natterer's bat live?

Not recorded

What is the natterer's bat?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings. It has mostly brown fur with greyish-white fur on its underside. It is found across most of the continent of Europe, parts of the Near East and North Africa. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates which it catches on the wing or pursues on the ground.

In summer it roosts in deciduous and coniferous trees, buildings or bat boxes close to its feeding habitats. In winter it hibernates in caves, tunnels, mines or cellars, usually hiding in crevices. This bat was first described in 1817 by Heinrich Kuhl, who named it in honour of the Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer.

From the Wikipedia article “Natterer's bat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natterer%27s_bat&oldid=1377741120), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the natterer's bat endangered?

The natterer'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

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

How is the natterer's bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyVespertilionidae
  6. genusMyotis
  7. SpeciesMyotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817)

Synonyms Myotis nattereri nattereri, Myotis spelaeus, Myotis typicus, Vespertilio nattereri

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Natterer's myotisEnglish
  • Natterers batEnglish
  • Natterer’s batEnglish
  • Natterer’s myotisEnglish
  • Ystlum NattererWelsh
  • Ystlumod NattererWelsh
  • FrynseflagermusDanish
  • FransenfledermausGerman
  • Murciélago Ratonero GrisSpanish
  • ripsisiippaFinnish
  • Murin de NattererFrench
  • Vespertilio di NattererItalian
  • børsteflaggermusNorwegian Bokmål
  • franjestaartDutch
  • Ночница НаттерераRussian
  • fransfladdermusSwedish

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the natterer's bat

Other species in the same genus Myotis.

LC, Least Concern

Whiskered bat

Myotis mystacinus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern
Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii)

Brandt's bat

Myotis brandtii

Vespertilionidae

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Common questions

Each answer is written from the sourced facts on this page, and only where they hold the answer.

What kind of animal is Natterer's bat?

Natterer's bat is a mammal, a bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the genus Myotis.

How big is Natterer's bat?

Natterer's bat is tiny, with an adult body mass of 7.14 g, up to 7.5 g, and a wingspan of 26.8 cm.

What does Natterer's bat eat?

Natterer's bat is an invertivore, placing it at the carnivore trophic level.

Is Natterer's bat endangered?

No. Natterer's bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not a threatened category.

How long does Natterer's bat live?

Natterer's bat has a lifespan of 20 years, with values up to 23.7 years reported.

How many young does Natterer's bat have?

Natterer's bat has one young per litter and one litter per year.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/natterer-s-bat

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{natterer_s_bat_2026,
  title = {Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/natterer-s-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}