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The common noctule is a migrating species with female bias, meaning that the females migrate but the males do not. [ 2 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Mating season is in late summer in the wintering areas, and the females store the sperm in the uterus during hibernation until fertilization in spring. [ 2 ]
Bats represent a convenient mammal to exploit as they roost communally, returning to the same roost regularly. It is perhaps to avoid the parasites that some species of bat regularly change roosts. The subfamily Haematosiphoninae use birds in the swift and swallow families, Apodidae and Hirundinidae . [ 4 ]
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The roosts were shared with between four and twenty other bats (including bats of other species) and in some cases roosts were used on consecutive nights. [12] The roosts were located an average distance of 3.2 to 4 km (2.0 to 2.5 mi) from capture sites and females were found to occupy separate maternity roosts. [12]
When they are not foraging, leaf-nosed bats roost in abandoned buildings, caves, and beneath folded leaves depending on the species. Nearly every roosting option present among bats is represented within this family, including species that prefer to roost alone, as well as species that roost with thousands of other individuals every day. [16] [17]
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In addition to day roosts, Indiana bats use temporary roosts throughout the night to rest between foraging bouts. Limited research has examined the use of night roosts by Indiana bats, thus their use and importance are poorly understood. Males, lactating and postlactating females, and juveniles have been found roosting under bridges at night.
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