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title: "Morcego-de-bigodes"
description: "Myotis mystacinus — Mamíferos. The whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) is a small European bat with long fur."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/whiskered-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Morcego-de-bigodes

> Myotis mystacinus — Mamíferos. The whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) is a small European bat with long fur.

- Scientific name: *Myotis mystacinus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 412
- Wikidata: [Q508013](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q508013)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40314](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40314)

## Names

- en: Whiskered Bat
- de: Kleine Bartfledermaus
- es: Murciélago Bigotudo
- fr: Murin à moustaches
- nl: Baardvleermuis
- pt: Morcego-de-bigodes
- pl: Nocek wąsatek

## Countries with the most observations

FR (89), DE (16), NL (11), CH (10), RU (10), GB (9), BE (6), ES (5), PL (4), AT (3), SK (3)

## Summary

The whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) is a small European bat with long fur.  Although uncommon, M. mystacinus is often found around human habitation and around water; it is similar to Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii), from which it was distinguished as a separate species only in 1970.

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

## Photo

![Morcego-de-bigodes](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/whiskered-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: rtn1 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/274826519

## Machine access

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