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,Chaerephon plicata,

,Chaerephon plicata,

During the day, small groups lurk in caves, cliff cracks, and also hide in cracks in buildings such as houses. Morning and night out for food. He has a hibernation habit. Insectivorous, good for humans. Some scholars have found a group of tens of thousands of animals living in a cliff crevise in Lib

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Scientific Name ,Chaerephon plicata,
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IUCN Status LC
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    During the day, small groups lurk in caves, cliff cracks, and also hide in cracks in buildings such as houses. Morning and night out for food. He has a hibernation habit. Insectivorous, good for humans. Some scholars have found a group of tens of thousands of animals living in a cliff crevise in Libo, Guizhou (Yang Tianyou et al., 2014), which is spectacular when they fly out at night. Natural deaths have been found on the ground beneath cliffs in the summer.

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         The bat is a social animal, and more than 100,000 bats can be seen flying out of caves at the same time in Thailand. They fly at high speeds, but with less dexterity than other bats.

    The bat is insectivorous and mainly catches insects such as moths and beetles.

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    At a glance

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    Key characteristics, appearance, and habitat information.

    Traits & Behavior

    The snout is broad, with some species having wrinkled lips and no nasal lobes.

    Appearance

    Medium size. Forearm length 54-65mm. The snout is prominent. The upper lip is thick, wider than the lower lip, with longitudinal folds. The ears are broad, square-shaped, thickened at the inner edge, and close together at the forehead. The interfemoral membrane is narrow. The tail is long, and more than half of it penetrates from the posterior margin of the interfemoral membrane, showing a dissociative shape. Outer edge of toe with stiff hairs. Short body hair, upper body hair dark brown or gray black; Lower body color is light, light brown wing membrane.

    Distribution & Habitat

    It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu, Ningxia, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan and Hong Kong. It is distributed abroad in Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and Malaysia.

    The bat mainly lives in caves.
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