Sentences with phrase «eared bat»

The Chamber joined with a coalition of business groups to file a reply brief in support of its cross-motion for summary judgment in these two cases concerning the listing of the northern long - eared bat as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

The discussions took on additional urgency when the northern long - eared bat, a cave - dwelling species that doesn't migrate but is still sometimes found dead at wind energy sites, was listed as «threatened» by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last year.

The bats being killed by turbines in Ontario include the little brown bat, tri-coloured bat, eastern small footed bat, and northern long - eared bat, all on the endangered species list.

Range The Townsend's big - eared bat occurs throughout the west and is distributed from the southern portion of British Columbia south along the Pacific coast to central Mexico and east into the Great Plains, with isolated populations occurring in the central and eastern United States.

The Santa Cruz big - eared bat colony is one of only a handful known in the state of California.

When it's roosting or hibernating, Townsend's big - eared bat curls up its long ears so they look like ram's horns.

Final Decision (if proposed): American wolverine, Mono Basin sage grouse, Oregon spotted frog, red knot, Sierra Nevada yellow - legged frog, western yellow - billed cuckoo, Yosemite toad, ashy storm petrel, Dakota skipper, eastern small - footed bat, Kittlitz's murrelet, Mexican garter snake, northern long - eared bat, Rosemont talussnail.

«We show how the air behind the body of a long - eared bat accelerates downwards, which means that the body and ears provide lift.

The fringe - lipped bat, however, along with a group including Europe's long - eared bat, normally hunts by listening for lower frequency sounds that humans could also hear.

Making up one - fifth of all living mammal species and found on six continents, bats range from the insect - loving greater mouse - eared bat, to fruit bats.

There are 13 species of bat in this cave, but the greater funnel - eared bat (Natalus primus) is special.

It's our guide, telling us he has spotted the species we have travelled to a remote cave in western Cuba to find — the Cuban greater funnel - eared bat.

Belonging to the largest group of bats, known to be feeding on insects exclusively, the widely common Black mouse - eared bat (Myotis nigricans) is found to also seek fruits.

As a result, the scientists report the first fruit consumption within the mouse - eared bat genus, called Myotis, as well as the whole subfamily Myotinae.

Out of more than 110 allegedly well - studied mouse - eared bat species, there turns out to be one that has been keeping its diet a mystery.

«Black mouse - eared bat goes green: First case of a fruit - eating bat in the largest genus.»

New experiments suggest that members of one species of these furry flyers — Myotis myotis, the greater mouse - eared bat — can do something no other mammal is known to do: They detect and use polarized light to calibrate their long - distance navigation.

White patches of fungus can be seen on this northern long - eared bat affected by white - nose syndrome in Illinois.

The study outlining the framework, published in the journal Molecular Ecology Resources, focuses on the grey long - eared bat and shows that its populations in Spain and Portugal are particularly at risk as conditions there become too harsh.

It's Jose, telling us he's spotted the species we have travelled thousands of miles to a remote underground cave in western Cuba to find — the Cuban greater funnel - eared bat.

A domestic cat hunted and killed this brown long - eared bat.

There are 13 species of bat in this cave — but the greater funnel - eared bat (Natalus primus) is special.

The desert long - eared bat is remarkably blasé about being stung in the face by scorpions, and the fly Cacoxenus indagator can headbutt its way through rock.

The live victim was a male greater mouse - eared bat that had been hibernating in a cave at a site known as ByÄí skála.

For instance, the northern long - eared bat is a solitary hibernator.

Nineteen of 21 greater mouse - eared bats (Myotis myotis) crashed into a vertical metal plate at least once, the scientists report in the Sept. 8 Science.

Scientists have discovered that greater mouse - eared bats use polarisation patterns in the sky to navigate — the first mammal that's known to do this.

After hibernating in refrigeratorlike chambers containing the compound, which is produced by a soil bacterium (a strain of Rhodococcus rhodochrous), diseased little brown and northern long - eared bats emerged healthy.

Of 21 greater mouse - eared bats (Myotis myotis), 19 crashed into a vertical metal plate at least once, the researchers report September 7 in Science.

To investigate further, Greif and his colleagues got greater mouse - eared bats to fly through a narrow tunnel.

Long - eared bats are assisted in flight by their ears and body, according to a study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden.

Large ears increase air resistance, meaning that long - eared bats are forced to expend more energy than species with small ears.

This distinguishes the long - eared bats from other species that have been studied and indicates that the large ears do not merely create strong resistance, but also assist the animal in staying aloft,» says Christoffer Johansson Westheim.

Contrary to what researchers previously assumed, Christoffer Johansson Westheim and his colleagues at Lund University show that long - eared bats are helped in flight by their large ears.

Seventy - four bat specimens were processed for histology and mycology studies including 55 little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus), two northern long - eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis); two small - footed bats (Myotis leibii), and one Eastern Pipistrelle (Perimyotis subflavus).

Maintained by the National Park Service, it is currently home to a colony of rare Townsend's big - eared bats.

Townsend's big - eared bats are very sedentary, with movement by females during the nursing season rarely exceeding 15 km., and movement at other times usually being less than 50 km.

From 1974 to 1988, no other Townsend's Big - eared Bats were seen on Santa Cruz Island, before Dr. Pat Brown of UCLA, in 1991, was made aware of a colony of Townsend's roosting in the bakery room of the Scorpion adobe building.

On the Channel Islands, big - eared bats are found only on Santa Cruz Island.

Appearance Townsend's big - eared bats, previously called lump - nosed bats, are a medium - sized bat with very long ears.

Habitat Big - eared bats have been reported in a wide variety of habitat types ranging from sea level to 3,300 meters.

Not exact matches

To their suprise, whereas rabies proved virulent to bat - eared foxes and white - tailed mongooses, for example, spotted hyenas in many cases eliminated the virus from their bodies or else apparently carried low viral loads and experienced no ill effects.

Yet researchers have also found carcasses of cave - hibernating bats, including the little brown bat and the northern long - eared myotis — two species that have been devastated by the fungal disease white nose syndrome and that are now being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act.

It may be missing fangs and wings, but this two - eared robot has a few things in common with bats: it recognizes objects using echolocation.

Carnivores in the Serengeti infected with CDV.Top left: bat - eared fox; Top right: African wild dog; Bottom left: spotted hyena; Bottom right: African lion.

At that show, both bat eared and rose eared dogs were exhibited but the English judge put up only the rose - eared specimens.

The Blue Fawn French Bulldog is simply a striking color variation of the beloved bat - eared Frenchie.

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