Serotine bat

Taxobox
name = Serotine Bat
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Vespertilionidae
genus = "Eptesicus"
species = "E. serotinus"
binomial = "Eptesicus serotinus"
binomial_authority = (Schreber, 1774)

The serotine bat "Eptesicus serotinus" is a fairly large European bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around 370mm and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roosts in buildings, hanging upside down, in small groups or individually. Its population is believed to be in decline.

Echolocation

The frequencies used by this bat species for echolocation lie between 25-55 kHz, have most energy at 31 kHz and have an average duration of 8.8 ms. [Parsons, S. and Jones, G. (2000) 'Acoustic identification of twelve species of echolocating bat by discriminant function analysis and artificial neural networks.' "J Exp Biol"., 203: 2641-2656.] [Obrist, M.K., Boesch, R. and Flückiger, P.F. (2004) 'Variability in echolocation call design of 26 Swiss bat species: Consequences, limits and options for automated field identification with a synergic pattern recognition approach.' "Mammalia"., 68 (4): 307-32.]

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