Long Eared Bat Plecotus auritus brown long-eared Sleeping Ceiling House Inside Wildlife nature animal wild Outdoor
brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat which was only validated as a distinct species in the 1960s. An adult brown long-eared bat has a body length of cm, a tail of cm, and a wing length of cm. The ears are cm in length, and readily distinguish this from most other bat species. It is found across northern Eurasia, from England and France to Korea and Japan. The UK distribution can be found on the National Biodiversity Network website and can be seen here. This species appears to prefer caves as roosting sites, but roosts in trees holes, buildings and bat boxes as well. The roosts in trees may be close to the ground. It hunts above woodland, often by day, and mostly for moths, gleaning insects from leaves and bark. Echolocation is used to find prey. The frequencies used by this bat species for echolocation lie between 27-56 kHz, have most energy at 45 kHz and have an average duration of ms.
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