Plecotus austriacus

IUCN

Alias：Big eared bat, rabbit eared bat,Plecotus austriacus, ghost bat, brown big eared bat, common big eared bat

Basic Information

Scientific classification

name：Plecotus austriacus
Aliases：Big eared bat, rabbit eared bat,Plecotus austriacus, ghost bat, brown big eared bat, common big eared bat
Outline：Chiroptera
Family：Chiroptera Batidae Macroetis

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Feature

Details

The grey-eared bat has an ear that reaches or exceeds the length of the head, and is also called the grey-eared bat or rabbit-eared bat. It lives in buildings, tree holes and rock caves. Very rare, single or in small groups. He has a hibernation habit. They feed on insects.

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Location

It is distributed in Xinjiang, Sichuan, Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi and so on. The foreign distribution area extends from the north of China to the United Kingdom, France and other Eurasian regions.

Form

The body size is smaller. Forearm length 40-46mm. The ears are extremely large, reaching or exceeding the length of the head. The auricle is oval; The tragus is very long, pointed at the end, and bends forward beyond the rostral end; There is a long narrow fold on the inside of the ear shell. Nostrils up. The tail is very long, sometimes even longer than the body length, but it is all wrapped in the interfemoral membrane, or only a little protruding from the tail end. Dorsal seta grayish brown; The ventral hair is grayish white, the tip light brown; The membranes are dark brown.