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title: "Geoffroy's Bat"
description: "Myotis emarginatus — Mammals. Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus), also known as the notch-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/geoffroy-s-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Geoffroy's Bat

> Myotis emarginatus — Mammals. Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus), also known as the notch-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat.

- Scientific name: *Myotis emarginatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1098
- Wikidata: [Q283403](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283403)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40281](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40281)

## Names

- en: Geoffroy's Bat
- de: Wimperfledermaus
- es: Murciélago ratonero pardo
- fr: Murin à oreilles échancrées
- nl: Ingekorven vleermuis
- pt: Morcego-lanudo
- pl: Nocek orzęsiony

## Countries with the most observations

FR (286), IT (138), AT (118), ES (76), CZ (42), SK (24), PT (21), HR (19), BE (18), LU (18), DE (17), SI (17)

## Summary

Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus), also known as the notch-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffroy%27s_bat

## Photo

![Geoffroy's Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/geoffroy-s-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: ivan_humljani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27640495

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/geoffroy-s-bat?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).