Pond bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Pond bat Myotis dasycneme Near threatened

Where the pond bat lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 3,768 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Myotis dasycneme
Group	Bats
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	10 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the pond bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pond bat in 10 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the pond bat endangered?

The pond bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pond bat?

The pond bat (Myotis dasycneme) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Myotis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pond bat

The pond bat (Myotis dasycneme) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Eurasia from France to Russia and Kazakhstan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pond bat (revision 1374332948), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q737766 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).