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Particolored bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Species : Vespertilio murinus
The Parti-coloured Bat (Vespertilio murinus) lives in parts of Western and Central Europe and parts of Asia and is Vesper bat. They can grow up to 6.4 centimeters and their wing span can range up to 33 centimeters. Parti-coloured bats can become twelve years of age. Their diet includes mosquitos, flies and moths. After twilight these bats use their ultrasonic sounds to catch their prey 10 to 20 meters above the ground. Picture of the parti-coloured bat by Mnolf, licensed under GFDL
The Particoloured bat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the particolored bat
A young / baby of a particolored bat is called a 'pup'. A particolored bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.Countries
Afghanistan, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Korea, North, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and United Kingdom
Facts about the particolored bat
(Linnaeus, 1758) De Tweekleurige vleermuis (Vespertilio murinus) is een vleermuis uit de familie der gladneuzen (Vespertilionidae). (Full text)
1. frosted bat, Vespertilio murinus -- (common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat)frosted bat
Vespertilio murinus
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