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British Bats

There are/were sixteen resident species of bat in Britain: -

Name	Latin Name	Status	Distribution
Greater Horseshoe	Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	Endangered	S.Wales; SW England
Lesser Horseshoe	Rhinolophus hipposideros	Endangered	Wales; SW England
Whiskered	Myotis mystacinus	Endangered	W & N England
Brandt's	Myotis brandtii	Endangered	W & N England
Daubenton's	Myotis daubentonii	Not Treatened	Throughout Britain
Natterer's	Myotis nattereri	Not Threatened	Throughout Britain
Bechstein's	Myotis bechsteinii	Rare	S England
Greater Mouse-eared	Myotis myotis	Extinct	Extinct
Pipistrelle	Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Throughout Britain	S.Wales; SW England
Pipistrelle	Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Throughout Britain	S.Wales; SW England
Nathusius's pipistrelle	Pipistrellus nathusii	Rare	Rare
Serotine	Eptesicus serotinus	Vulnerable	S & SE Britain
Noctule	Nyctalus noctula	Vulnerable	Mainly England & Wales
Leisler's	Nyctalus leileri	Vulnerable	England & Ireland
Barbastelle	Barbastella barbastellus	Rare	S Wales; S England
Brown long-eared	Plecotus auritus	Not Threatened	Throughout Britain
Grey long-eared	Plecotus austriacus	Rare	S England

For more information about our British bats, click on the following link to go to
The Bat Conservation Trust web site.