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The evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family that is native to North America. [2] Hunting at night, they eat beetles, moths, and other flying insects. Description
[6] [7] The genus name, Eptesicus, is likely derived from the Greek words ptetikos ("able to fly") or petomai ("house flier"), and the species name "fuscus" is Latin in origin, meaning "brown". [8] The big brown bat is the type species for the genus Eptesicus, which was established in 1820 by French-American naturalist Constantine Samuel ...
Natterer's bat is nocturnal and insectivorous. It emerges at dusk to hunt for insects and uses echolocation to find prey and orient itself at night. Like many other species of bat, it emits sounds at too high a frequency for most humans to detect and then interprets the echoes created in order to build a "sound picture" of its surroundings. The ...
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Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae. [1] The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ptetikos 'able to fly' or petomai 'house flier', although this is not certain.
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 ]
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The species is very active at night, spending 6–7 hours flying a night for a total distance of about 14.9 miles (24.0 km). [3] Its long, narrow wings allow the bat to maintain flight at high speeds for long periods of time. These bats can reach heights of 196 feet (60 m), though they are also observed flying closer to the ground. [9]