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title: "Franjestaart"
description: "Myotis nattereri — Zoogdieren. Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/natterer-s-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Franjestaart

> Myotis nattereri — Zoogdieren. Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings.

- Scientific name: *Myotis nattereri*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 742
- Wikidata: [Q723123](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723123)
- iNaturalist taxon: [210400](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/210400)

## Names

- en: Natterer's Bat
- de: Fransenfledermaus
- es: Murciélago ratonero gris
- fr: Murin de Natterer
- nl: Franjestaart
- pl: Nocek Natterera

## Countries with the most observations

DE (118), PL (75), GB (69), FR (65), RU (25), NL (22), BE (17), CZ (16), UA (9), AL (6), DK (6), SK (6)

## Summary

Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings. It has mostly brown fur with greyish-white fur on its underside. It is found across most of the continent of Europe, parts of the Near East and North Africa. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates which it catches on the wing or pursues on the ground.
In summer it roosts in deciduous and coniferous trees, buildings or bat boxes close to its feeding habitats. In winter it hibernates in caves, tunnels, mines or cellars, usually hiding in crevices. This bat was first described in 1817 by Heinrich Kuhl, who named it in honour of the…

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

## Photo

![Franjestaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/natterer-s-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rebecca Carter-Whitehead · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302847953

## Machine access

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