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title: "Lesser Dawn Bat"
description: "Eonycteris spelaea — Mammals. The cave nectar bat, dawn bat, common dawn bat, common nectar bat or lesser dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) is a species of megabat within the genus Eonycteris."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lesser-dawn-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Dawn Bat

> Eonycteris spelaea — Mammals. The cave nectar bat, dawn bat, common dawn bat, common nectar bat or lesser dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) is a species of megabat within the genus Eonycteris.

- Scientific name: *Eonycteris spelaea*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 132
- Wikidata: [Q971953](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971953)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40949](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40949)

## Names

- en: Lesser Dawn Bat
- de: Kleiner Langzungenflughund
- nl: Grottenvleerhond

## Countries with the most observations

SG (29), ID (24), TH (24), MY (7)

## Summary

The cave nectar bat, dawn bat, common dawn bat, common nectar bat or lesser dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) is a species of megabat within the genus Eonycteris. The scientific name of the species was first published by Dobson in 1871.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_nectar_bat

## Photo

![Lesser Dawn Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-dawn-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eonycteris_spelaea.jpg

## Machine access

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