Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Closest Relatives at Mercantour National Park

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	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	20–30%
2	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	10–20%
3	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	0–10%
4	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	0–10%
5	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
6	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	Insufficient data
7	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
8	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Mercantour National Park?

About 18% of visitor-days record a Lesser Horseshoe Bat sighting in Mercantour National Park, based on 48 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Mercantour National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Mercantour National Park in our monthly data.