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Black mastiff bat (Molossus rufus) Sinaloan mastiff bat (Molossus sinaloae) Genus Mops [45] Mops bakarii [107] Sierra Leone free-tailed bat (Mops brachyptera) Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) Medje free-tailed bat (Mops congicus) Mongalla free-tailed bat (Mops demonstrator) Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat (Mops leucostigma)
The general assembly of North Carolina considered a bill in 2007 that would have made Rafinesque's big-eared bat as its state bat. The bill passed 92-15, but died in the state senate. [ 3 ] In 2020, the big brown bat was designated the official state mammal of the District of Columbia . [ 4 ]
Of the 47 species of bats found in the United States, 35 are known to use human structures, including buildings and bridges. Fourteen species use bat houses. [263] Bats are eaten in countries across Africa, Asia and the Pacific Rim. In some cases, such as in Guam, flying foxes have become endangered through being hunted for food. [264]
Bat detectors pick up various signals in the ultrasound range, not all of which are made by bats. To distinguish bat and bat species it is important to recognise non-bat species. Captured bats can be exactly identified in the hand but in many countries a licence is required before bats can be captured.
The Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba), also called the Caribbean white tent-making bat, [2] is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomatidae. It is the only member of the genus Ectophylla . The genus and the species were both scientifically described for the first time in 1892.
The weight is about 15 g. It has three distinctive white spots on its black back. With ears that can grow up to 4 cm, it is said to have the largest ears of any bat species in North America. [2] The spotted bat's mating season is in autumn and the females produce their offspring (usually one juvenile) in June or July.
While the evening bat is considered endangered in the state of Indiana, [20] it has a cosmopolitan distribution throughout the southeast and midwest. [18] Because evening bats do not enter or hibernate in caves, the species is not at-risk from white-nose syndrome, which has killed over six million bats in the United States since 2006. [21]
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