Natterer's bat

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Natterer's Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Suborder: Microchiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Genus: Myotis Species: M. nattereri
Binomial name
Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817)

Natterer's bat Myotis nattereri is a European bat with pale wings. It has brown fur, also seen on the leg wing membrane, tending to white on its underside. It is found across most of the continent, but is considered scarce.

[edit] Echolocation

The frequencies used by this bat species for echolocation lie between 23-115 kHz, have most energy at 53 kHz and have an average duration of 3.8 ms. ^[1][2]

Named for the German naturalist Johann Natterer

[edit] References

• Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Myotis nattereri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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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