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Vesper (Bat)

Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Photo by JasonWhittle
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Field Notes

Description:

The lesser long eared bat falls into the category of a microbat, and more specifically, a vesper bat.

Habitat:

These bats are usually nocturnal, living in dark caves, hollows, old trees, ceilings and hollow walls, and therefore they use echolocation systems to hunt.

Notes:

Small Bat around 4cm

Reference Links:

Lesser Long-eared Bat

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
JasonWhittle
Cheers for Likes and for the Name Ava T-B! Ha Alice, Did you mean putting (Bat) in Parentheses like this in Title?
Ava T-B
I agree with Karen and Alice -- lovely picture, and you could put Vesper bat as the common name and Nyctophilus geoffroyi in the species name line.
alicelongmartin
Putting Bat in parentheses might draw more attention to your good picture.
KarenL
What a lovely clear photo - so nice to see a daytime shot!

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PublishedDecember 15, 2011

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