Animal Species:Greater Long-eared Bat
The Greater Long-eared Bat is the largest species of Long-eared Bat.
Greater Long-eared Bat
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Habitat
Greater Long-eared Bats roost in hollows in old trees, and under loose bark.
Feeding and Diet
Greater Long-eared Bats possibly feed on moths and beetles.
Economic/social impacts
Greater Long-eared Bats are vulnerable to loss of tree hollows and loss of feeding grounds by forestry activities, clearing for agriculture and land degradation.
Classification
- Species:
- timoriensis
- Genus:
- Nyctophilus
- Family:
- Vespertilionidae
- Order:
- Chiroptera
- Subclass:
- Eutheria
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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Tags bats, mammals, flight, flying, vertebrates, eutherians, placentals, identification, bats in Australia,