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  2. Mammoth Cave National Park - Wikipedia

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    While these species still exist in Mammoth Cave, their numbers are now no more than a few thousand at best. Ecological restoration of this portion of Mammoth Cave, and facilitating the return of bats, is an ongoing effort. Not all bat species here inhabit the cave; the red bat (Lasiurus borealis) is a forest-dweller, as found underground only ...

  3. List of emballonurids - Wikipedia

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    They are found in all continents besides Europe and Antarctica, primarily in forests and caves, though some species can also be found in shrublands, savannas, rocky areas, or deserts. They range in size from the Amazonian sac-winged bat , at 3 cm (1 in) plus a 1 cm (0.4 in) tail, to the Pel's pouched bat , at 14 cm (6 in) plus a 4 cm (2 in) tail.

  4. List of troglobites - Wikipedia

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    Not all cave dwelling species are considered to be troglobites. An animal found in an underground environment may be a troglophile (a species living both in subterranean and in epigean habitats, e.g. bats and cave swallows) or a trogloxene (a species only occurring sporadically in a hypogean habitat and unable to establish a subterranean ...

  5. You have to look beneath the surface to fully appreciate ...

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    Mammoth Cave is the longest-known cave system in the world. “There are caves that have larger rooms, but we are the longest,” Schroer said. “We are currently mapped at 426 miles.

  6. List of bats - Wikipedia

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    There are an estimated 1,300 species of bat. [1] Suborder Yinpterochiroptera ... Finlayson's cave bat (Vespadelus finlaysoni) Eastern forest bat ...

  7. List of myotines - Wikipedia

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    They are found in all continents besides Antarctica, primarily in forests and caves, though some species can also be found in shrublands, grasslands, rocky areas, or deserts. They range in size from the Taiwan broad-muzzled bat , at 3 cm (1 in) plus a 3 cm (1 in) tail, to the large myotis , at 10 cm (4 in) plus a 6 cm (2 in) tail.

  8. Oldest-known bat skeletons shed light on evolution of flying ...

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    The two oldest-known fossil skeletons of bats, unearthed in southwestern Wyoming and dating to at least 52 million years ago, are providing insight into the early evolution of these flying mammals ...

  9. List of bats of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, which crosses over Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, is the world's largest urban bat colony. Seventeen species of bats live in the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, including a large number of Mexican free-tailed bats. [1]