. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 82 THE WING-HANDED ANIMALS. with agility and quickness. They eat insects, only, and for the most part such as are very harmful to Man. They make a loud, whistling, chirping sound. The The Long-eared Bat ( Plecotus auritus ) Long-Eared cannot be mistaken for any other, be- Bat- cause of its long, large ears. It is one of the largest European Bats, measuring about four inches in length, its tail occupying about one and one-half inches, and the expanse of its w
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 82 THE WING-HANDED ANIMALS. with agility and quickness. They eat insects, only, and for the most part such as are very harmful to Man. They make a loud, whistling, chirping sound. The The Long-eared Bat ( Plecotus auritus ) Long-Eared cannot be mistaken for any other, be- Bat- cause of its long, large ears. It is one of the largest European Bats, measuring about four inches in length, its tail occupying about one and one-half inches, and the expanse of its wings being ten inches. The ears are more than two inches long, traversed by many furrows, and they curve backwards. The inner margin of each is furnished with a tongue-like flap, and the entire -ear is very mobile. The fur is brownish-gray, and the face is bordered with white hair. Young animals are darker than old ones. The Long-cared Bat is distributed all over Eu- rope, south from the sixtieth degree of latitude;. its thumb. At the slightest noise it pricked up its ears, like a horse. In repose the ears were always folded back. It often turned its head, licked itself with its tongue and sniffed. Like all Bats it suf- fered much from parasites, and often scratched its head with its nails. The Mouse-colored The Mouse-colored or Common Bat or ( VesperHlio murinus) inhabits all of Common Bat. central Europe, beginning with England, Denmark and middle Russia, southern Europe, northern Africa and the greatest part of Asia, up to the Himalaya Mountains. This is one of the largest of European Bats. It measures nearly five inches, two being occupied by the tail, and the expanse of its wings is fifteen inches. Its upper part is light gray-brown, the lower a dingy white; young animals being lighter gray. From March until October one is sure to see the Common Bat in localities favor- able to its existence, and it is easily recognized by its flight, which, is clumsy and fluttering, but d
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