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Natterer's bat is a medium-sized species and grows to a head and body length of 1.75 to 2 inches (44 to 51 mm) with a forearm (elbow to wrist) length of 1.75 inches (44 mm). It weighs between 5 and 9.5 grams (0.18 and 0.34 oz).
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.
Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) Curacao myotis (Myotis nesopolus) Black myotis (Myotis nigricans) Nimba myotis (Myotis nimbaensis) Nepal myotis (Myotis nipalensis) Barbados myotis (Myotis nictor) Arizona myotis (Myotis occultus) Singapore whiskered bat (Myotis oreias) Montane myotis (Myotis oxyotus)
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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 cryptic myotis (Myotis crypticus) is a European vespertilionid bat. It is a member of the Natterer's bat ( M. nattereri ) species complex , and is also the closest living relative of M. nattereri .
Myotis muricola (Gray, 1846) - wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, Nepalese whiskered myotis; Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) - greater mouse-eared bat; Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817) - whiskered bat; Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817) - Natterer's bat; Myotis nesopolus Miller, 1900 - Curacao myotis; Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) - black myotis
The bats’ names can play a larger role in the contest than their cuteness. Last year’s winner was a female Townsend’s big-eared bat from southern Oregon dubbed “William ShakespEAR”.