Serotine Bat - Breetflillekefliedermaus

Eptesicus serotinus

Summary 4

The serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) is a fairly large European bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around 37 cm (15 in) and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roosts in buildings, hanging upside down, in small groups or individually.

Description 5

The serotine bat has long fur which on the back is smoky-brown in colour, while the underparts are a paler yellowish-brown, the nose and triangular shaped ears are black, and the membranes of the wings are dark black or brown. The juveniles are darker than the adults. Serotine bats are easy to identify in flight, because its broad wings combined with its slow, highly manoeuvrable, flapping flight interspersed with brief glides is distinctive. The tragus has a relatively thin and pointed shape and is not kidney shaped as in Nyctalus.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Mnolf, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eptesicus_serotinus.jpg
  2. (c) The Darwin Initiative Centre for Bat Research, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://csdb.ioz.ac.cn/images/Upload_images/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/CHIROPTERA/Vespertilionidae/Barbastella/leucomelas/C11C88EC-D207-467F-899C-419DB9F94E4E.jpg
  3. (c) Martin Grimm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martin Grimm
  4. Adapted by Paul Braun from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eptesicus_serotinus
  5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotine_bat

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