Pallid Bat

antrozous pallidus

The Pallid Bat has soft, pale fur and big ears that help it hear tiny sounds. These bats are great at catching insects in the dark with their amazing flying skills!

Lebensraum: Deserts, rocky areas, and sometimes near forests.

Aussehen

The Pallid Bat has strikingly large ears and soft, pale yellowish-brown fur, making it blend into desert environments. Its wings are a darker brown, contrasting with its light body. It features a broad snout and small eyes, giving it a unique facial appearance.

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Pallid Bat

Kategorie

Säugetiere

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Pallid Bats often share their roosts with other bat species in caves.

Their huge ears can be almost as long as their entire body!

They famously snack on venomous scorpions, immune to their painful sting!

This bat doesn't use echolocation to find its main meals on the ground!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Pallid Bats can pinpoint ground-crawling prey using super-sensitive hearing because of their huge ears that help them hunt silently.

Pallid Bats have a special immunity to scorpion and centipede venom that helps them eat dangerous prey without harm.

Pallid Bats can walk and even run on the ground because of their strong hind legs that help them capture prey on foot.

Maße und Details

Länge: 6-8 cm
Flügelspannweite: 35-40 cm
Gewicht: 0.017-0.028 kg
Lebenserwartung: 8-12 Jahre
Top Speed: 30 km/h
Wurfgröße: 1-2
Tragzeit: 50-70 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These bats feast on creepy crawlies like scorpions and crickets, often hunting them right on the ground.

Hauptnahrung

scorpions
crickets
beetles
grasshoppers
centipedes
moths

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Desert Hairy Scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis

A primary prey item in its desert habitat.

hunts

California Mantis

Stagmomantis californica

Eats this ground-dwelling insect.

eaten by

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

A nocturnal predator that hunts bats.

eaten by

Coyote

Canis latrans

Preys on bats, especially near roosts.

shelters

Honey Mesquite

Prosopis glandulosa

Roosts in cavities in these trees.

Merkmale

Pelzig

Pelzig beschreibt Tiere, die eine dichte Schicht aus weichen Haaren oder Fell besitzen.

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.