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Mouse-eared Bat

Myotis myotis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 59, February 43, March 68, April 107, May 154, June 168, July 179, August 154, September 113, October 85, November 46, December 36.
United States1,239
Alaska1,212
Germany129
France111
Czechia73
Středočeský kraj46
Poland37
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté34
Brandenburg30
Austria28

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • NocturnalActive primarily at nightChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • InsectivoreFeeds primarily on insectsFrom its classification

Physical

  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderBats · Chiroptera
FamilyEvening Bats · Vespertilionidae
GenusMouse-eared Bats · Myotis

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