| Lesser noctule | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Nyctalus |
| Species: | N. leisleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817)
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The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (Nyctalus leisleri),[2][3] is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honour the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler.
- ^ Juste, J.; Paunović, M. (2016). "Nyctalus leisleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14919A22016159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14919A22016159.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ The Irish Examiner (2 July 2018). "High temperatures send bats swooping in".
- ^ Shiel et al (1999). "Seasonal changes in the foraging behaviour of Leisler's bats (Nyctalus leisleri) in Ireland as revealed by radio-telemetry".
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