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long-eared bat - any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears

vespertilian bat, vespertilionid - a variety of carnivorous bat

genus Plecotus, Plecotus - a genus of Vespertilionidae

Plecotus townsendi, western big-eared bat - bat of western North America having extremely large ears

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Lesser horseshoe bats became a protected species in the UK in 1981, but the animal is more difficult to help than more widespread species such as the pipistrelle and brown long-eared bat. It has very specific roosting requirements, is extremely sensitive to light, noise and disturbance and, unlike other bats, is unable to crawl so it needs a clear flight path into its roost.

Wildlife trust's boost for rare bat roost

Elsewhere, artist David Gross will be chipping away at his latest creation ( a 6ft long-eared bat.

My own brand of wood craft

Keen's Long-eared Bat (Myotis keenii, Vespertilionidae) in Southeast Alaska.

Concluding remarks: what do we need to know about bats in northwestern North America?

We used chi-square tests to determine the amount of dissimilarity in categorical variables (roost tree species, roost tree condition, tree bark class and roost type) between Indiana and northern long-eared bat roosts.

Overlap in roosting habits of Indiana Bats (Myotis sodalis) and Northern Bats (Myotis septentrionalis)

Nonrandom association patterns at northern long-eared bat maternity roosts.

Meta-analysis of summer roosting characteristics of two species of Myotis bats

The objective of our study was to examine the roosting behavior of the western long-eared bat, Myotis evotis, in terms of roost selection, roost fidelity and movement.

Spatial and temporal patterns of roost use by western long-eared bats (Myotis evotis)

'We remain very concerned about a number of species, particularly the brown long-eared bat, which we fear may be starting to show signs of decline,' she said.

As Dracula image is laid to rest bats make a recovery