Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus hipposideros
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyRhinolophidae (Horseshoe Bats)
- GenusRhinolophus (Horseshoe Bats)
- SpeciesRhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat)
Closest Relatives at Pyrénées National Park
Greater Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Mediterranean horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus euryale
Geoffroy's Bat
Myotis emarginatus
Daubenton's bat
Myotis daubentonii
Western Barbastelle
Barbastella barbastellus
European Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida teniotis
Gray big-eared bat
Plecotus austriacus
Brown Big-eared Bat
Plecotus auritus
Savi's Pipistrelle
Hypsugo savii
Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Lesser Noctule
Nyctalus leisleri
Pygmy Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · 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 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 7 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Pyrénées National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Lesser Horseshoe Bat sighting in Pyrénées National Park, based on 39 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Pyrénées National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Pyrénées National Park in our monthly data.