Gray big-eared bat

Plecotus austriacus

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The grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It hunts above woodland, often by day, and mostly for moths. It is extremely similar to the more common brown long-eared bat, and was only distinguished in the 1960s, but has a paler belly. It is not an endangered species.

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  1. (c) Ján Svetlík, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/svetlik/5465874374/
  2. (c) Milos Andera/www.naturefoto.cz, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://csdb.ioz.ac.cn/images/Upload_images/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/CHIROPTERA/Vespertilionidae/Plecotus/austriacus/B61FE83F-3E99-4109-8B53-5714C032EB03.jpg
  3. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plecotus_austriacus

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