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This species is 6.5–9.5 cm (2.6–3.7 in) in length and weighs 40 to 60 g (1.4 to 2.1 oz). The average forearm length is about 6.5–7.2 cm (2.6–2.8 in). [2] It has large ears and no tail. Its fur is blue-gray in color overall and brownish gray on the underside. It has an erect noseleaf about 10 millimeters long.
A vampire bat skeleton, showing the distinctive incisors and canines. Unlike fruit bats, the vampire bats have short, conical muzzles. They also lack a nose leaf, instead having naked pads with U-shaped grooves at the tip. A vampire bat has front teeth that are specialized for cutting and back teeth that are much smaller than in other bats.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE, Vietnamese: Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường) is a government ministry in Vietnam responsible for: land, water resources; mineral resources, geology; environment; hydrometeorology; climate change; surveying and mapping; management of the islands and the sea.
In most bat species, females carry and give birth to a single pup per litter. [241] At birth, a bat pup can be up to 40 percent of the mother's weight, [48] and the pelvic girdle of the female can expand during birth as the two-halves are connected by a flexible ligament. [242]
Another common name for some members of this group, and indeed a few species from other families, is mastiff bat. The western mastiff bat ( Eumops perotis ), a large species from the southwestern United States and Mexico with wings over 0.5 m (1.6 ft) across, is perhaps one of the best known with this name.
The female bat gives birth to one or two pups during early June; they weigh about 3 to 3.5 g (0.11 to 0.12 oz) at birth and in four or five weeks are capable of making short flights. Pups are weaned after 40 to 45 days. [17] They do not attain adult size until about eight weeks of age, and do not become sexually mature until after around two years.
The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (Myotis) of bats within the family Vespertilionidae.The noun "myotis" itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek "muós (meaning "mouse") and "oûs" (meaning ear), literally translating to "mouse-eared".
The Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus semotus), [4] [5] also known as ʻōpeʻapeʻa, is a species of bat endemic to the islands of Hawaiʻi. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The Hawaiian hoary bat occupies the major Hawaiian islands, making it the only extant and native terrestrial mammal in the islands.