Greater Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyRhinolophidae (Horseshoe Bats)
- GenusRhinolophus (Horseshoe Bats)
- SpeciesRhinolophus ferrumequinum (Greater Horseshoe Bat)
Closest Relatives at Mercantour National Park
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Savi's Pipistrelle
Hypsugo savii
Western Barbastelle
Barbastella barbastellus
Brown Big-eared Bat
Plecotus auritus
Gray big-eared bat
Plecotus austriacus
Kuhl's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus kuhlii
Lesser Noctule
Nyctalus leisleri
Alcathoe myotis
Myotis alcathoe
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 8 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Greater Horseshoe Bat in Mercantour National Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Greater Horseshoe Bat sighting in Mercantour National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Horseshoe Bat in Mercantour National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Greater Horseshoe Bat in Mercantour National Park in our monthly data.