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title: "Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat"
description: "Miniopterus schreibersii — Mammals. The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/schreibers-long-fingered-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat

> Miniopterus schreibersii — Mammals. The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat.

- Scientific name: *Miniopterus schreibersii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 658
- Wikidata: [Q833653](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833653)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57534](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57534)

## Names

- en: Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat
- de: Schreibers Langflügelfledermaus
- es: Murciélago de cueva
- fr: Minioptère de Schreibers
- nl: Langvleugelvleermuis
- pt: Morcego-de-peluche
- pl: Podkasaniec zwyczajny[

## Countries with the most observations

ES (134), FR (79), IT (68), PT (58), GR (42), HR (30), RO (30), RS (28), AL (20), BG (18), RU (8), GE (6)

## Summary

The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat.  They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout the southern Palearctic, Ethiopic, Oriental, and Australian regions. In Europe, it is present in the southern half on the continent from Iberia to the Caucasus, with the largest populations found in the warmer Mediterranean area. The common and scientific names honor Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.

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

## Photo

![Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/schreibers-long-fingered-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daria · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81457060

## Machine access

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