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The grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It hunts above woodland, often by day, and mostly for moths. In captivity, it has also been recorded to eat small lizards. [2]
Plecotus is a genus of vesper bat, commonly called long-eared bats. They are found throughout Eurasia and northern Africa . Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years.
Turkestani long-eared bat, Otonycteris leucophaea; Genus Plecotus – lump-nosed bats Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus; Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus; Ethiopian long-eared bat, Plecotus balensis; Christie's long-eared bat, Plecotus christii; Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri; Himalayan long-eared bat, Plecotus homochrous
The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat which was only validated as a distinct species in the 1960s. An adult brown long-eared bat has a body length of 4.5 ...
Myotis septentrionalis, known as the northern long-eared bat [7] or northern myotis, [1] is a species of bat native to North America. [8] There are no recognized subspecies. The northern long-eared bat is about 3–3.7 inches in length, with a wingspan of 9–10 inches. It is distinguishable by its long ears when comparing it to other bats in ...
Last year’s winner was a female Townsend’s big-eared bat from southern Oregon dubbed “William ShakespEAR”. In 2022, however, a homely canyon bat named “Barbara” from southern Oregon ...
Christie's long-eared bat (Plecotus christii), also known as the Egyptian long-eared bat, Christie's big-eared bat, or gray long-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is known from North Africa and the Middle East. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.
The type species of the genus is Nyctophilus geoffroyi, the lesser long-eared bat. [3] A monograph on the genus, published by Robert Fisher Tomes in 1858, cited two earlier descriptions, the species assumed by Tomes as the type for Nyctophilus geoffroyi , Leach, and incorporated the similar Vespertilio timoriensis Geoffroy as a new generic ...