Species Detail - Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "National Bat Database of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Rhinolophus hipposideros
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
NHMSYS0000080177
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rhhip
(Bechstein, 1800)
terrestrial mammal
Species
203
54
23
13/08/1997
15/08/2022
1 January (recorded in 1986)
30 December (recorded in 2011)
Bat Conservation Ireland, National Bat Database of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/128/Species/119456>