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There are an estimated 1,300 species of bat. [1] Suborder Yinpterochiroptera. Superfamily Pteropodoidea ... Strange big-eared brown bat (Histiotus alienus)
The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, which crosses over Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, is the world's largest urban bat colony. Seventeen species of bats live in the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, including a large number of Mexican free-tailed bats. [1]
The 121 extant species of Myotinae are divided between three genera: Eudiscopus and Submyotodon with one species each, and Myotis, or the mouse-eared bats, with the other 119. A few extinct prehistoric myotine species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed. [3]
The strange big-eared brown bat (Histiotus alienus), is a bat species found in Brazil. Originally described from a bat collected in 1916, a second specimen was obtained in 2018. [ 2 ]
They are found in Asia and Australia, primarily in forests and caves, though some species can also be found in savannas. They range in size from the Da Lat tube-nosed bat , at 3 cm (1 in) plus a 2 cm (1 in) tail, to the lesser hairy-winged bat , at 8 cm (3 in) plus a 5 cm (2 in) tail.
Neither species is listed as endangered, but Oregon has both on a list of species in need of conservation attention. Utah has done the same, but only for the Townsend big-eared bat.
Mystacinidae is a family of unusual bats, the New Zealand short-tailed bats. There is one living genus , Mystacina , with two species, one of which could have possibly become extinct in the 1960s. They are medium-sized bats, about 6 centimetres (2.4 in) in length, with grey, velvety fur.
The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.