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Particoloured Bat

Vespertilio murinus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 578, February 427, March 669, April 1,053, May 1,518, June 1,655, July 1,771, August 1,523, September 1,118, October 835, November 456, December 356.
United States11,958
Alaska11,958
Russia279
Novosibirsk Oblast49
Germany48
Austria41
Poland35
Bashkortostan28
Italy23
Czechia23

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
GenusParticolored Bats · Vespertilio

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