---
title: "Europese bulvleermuis"
description: "Tadarida teniotis — Zoogdieren. The European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis, sometimes given as Tadarida insignis) is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/european-free-tailed-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Europese bulvleermuis

> Tadarida teniotis — Zoogdieren. The European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis, sometimes given as Tadarida insignis) is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World.

- Scientific name: *Tadarida teniotis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 538
- Wikidata: [Q540069](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540069)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41298](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41298)

## Names

- en: European Free-tailed Bat
- de: Europäische Bulldoggfledermaus
- es: Murciélago rabudo
- fr: Molosse de Cestoni
- nl: Europese bulvleermuis
- pt: Morcego-rabudo
- pl: Molos europejski

## Countries with the most observations

IT (99), ES (52), FR (46), PT (13), GR (6), IL (5), BG (4), IN (3), MA (3)

## Summary

The European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis, sometimes given as Tadarida insignis) is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World. Other common names include the bulldog bat and the mastiff bat because of the presence of wrinkling on the snout. This bat is found in the Mediterranean region of Europe and in scattered locations across Asia at altitudes from sea level to 3100 m. The range of distribution is from the Canary Islands and Madeira through the whole Mediterranean area, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and the Middle East. In the north to southern France, southern Germany, Switzerland, Croatia and Bulgaria…

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

## Photo

![Europese bulvleermuis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-free-tailed-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Victor · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387127447

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-free-tailed-bat?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).