Northern bat
| Northern bat | |
|---|---|
| A northern bat, crawling on a wooden surface | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Eptesicus |
| Species: | E. nilssonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling et Blasius, 1839) | |
The northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii) is the most abundant species of bat in northern Eurasia occurring from France to Hokkaidō and south to Kazakhstan.