Long-eared Bats

Plecotus

Long-eared bats are small, furry creatures with big ears! They use their ears to hear tiny sounds and find food like insects at night. These bats help keep our environment healthy by eating bugs.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Long-eared Bats has incredibly long ears, often nearly as long as its body, which it can fold back like a ram's horn. Its fur is typically light brown or grey-brown on its back, fading to a paler belly. It has a distinctive, almost 'pig-like' nose.

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Long-eared Bats

Categoría

Mamíferos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

A single long-eared bat can eat its own weight in insects every single night!

Instead of just flying, they can hover to pluck insects right off leaves and branches!

Long-eared bats are so good at hearing, they can detect the footsteps of a beetle on a leaf!

When they're extra sleepy, they can even tuck their long ears completely into their fur!

Habilidades especiales

Long-eared Bats can hear the faintest sounds of insects because of their enormous ears that help them pinpoint hidden prey.

Long-eared Bats has super quiet echolocation calls that helps them hunt without alerting even sensitive prey.

Long-eared Bats can fold their giant ears under their wings when resting because that helps them save energy and fit into small spaces.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 4.5-5.5 cm
Envergadura: 24-28.5 cm
Peso: 0.005-0.012 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-30 años
Top Speed: 30 km/h
Tamaño de la camada: 1
Gestación: 40-70 días

Dieta y alimentación

These tiny hunters gobble up all sorts of creepy crawlies like moths, beetles, and earwigs!

Alimentos principales

Moths
Beetles
Earwigs
Spiders
Lacewings

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

A common moth eaten by these bats.

eats

European Earwig

Forficula auricularia

Often gleaned from leaves and branches.

eaten by

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

An avian predator that hunts bats.

Rasgos

Peludo

Peludo describe a los animales que poseen una cubierta densa de pelo o pelaje suave.

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Aéreo

Las criaturas aéreas pasan una parte importante de su vida en el aire, utilizando el vuelo para diversas actividades como la caza, la migración o la anidación.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Bosque

Los hábitats boscosos son entornos terrestres dominados por una densa cubierta arbórea, que sustentan una gran diversidad de vida animal y vegetal.

Ecolocalización

La ecolocalización es un sonar biológico utilizado por los animales para navegar, cazar y comunicarse emitiendo ondas sonoras e interpretando los ecos.