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This is the largest family of bats. It is found almost everywhere except the poles. These animals eat insects and find their way at night by echolocation. In cold climates, they hibernate for months in caves or hollow trees. Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight.
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Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus noctula · Least concern
An hour or less a day: that is all the common noctule is active, since insects are about only briefly at dusk and dawn, and it may fast for up to 23 hours. When it hunts, it flies high, often up to 1,000 m above the forest, at up to 60 km/h.
Photo: Mnolf (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus pipistrellus · Least concern
In 1999 the common pipistrelle turned out to be two species. They look alike, but the common pipistrelle echolocates at 45 kHz and the soprano pipistrelle at 55 kHz; other differences in looks, habitat and food were found afterwards. This tiny bat of 3.5 to 8.5 g hunts mosquitoes, midges and gnats.
Photo: Mnolf (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Vespertilionidae
Myotis daubentonii · Least concern
In an old water mill in Lieto, Finland, a male Daubenton's bat called Nestori has been tracked since 2008; he was about 21 years old in 2024. The species hunts insects over water from twilight, often eating its prey while still in flight.
Photo: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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