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- noun A relatively rare
European bat , Barbastella barbastellus
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Almost all have been managed for hunting or timber during most of their history, but the majority are now nature reserves and home to wildlife such as the pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly and barbastelle bat, as well as a rich variety of woodland plants.
Campaigners not out of the woods in bid to save forests 2011
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The underground galleries hold ten species of wintering bat in reasonable numbers including the rare and Shreiber's bat Miniopterus schreibersi, lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (VU), long-fingered bat Myotis capaccinii (VU), greater mouse-eared bat M. myotis, Savi's pipistrelle Pipistrellus savii and western barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus (VU).
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Many readers have doubtless seen bats in the course of their evening walks, and it may, therefore, be worth while to remind them that British bats -- the long-eared and the barbastelle bats, for example, -- feed upon insects.
Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) Various
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In order to find out why the barbastelle can catch such moths when other bats cannot, the researchers then measured how well moths can detect different bat species by recording the activity of the nerve in the moth's ear while tracking the position of flying bats at the same time.
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This established for the first time that the barbastelle almost exclusively preys on moths that have ears.
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But the barbastelle has jumped ahead in the evolutionary arms race between moth and bat.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The barbastelle hunts moths equipped with sensitive ears that pick up ultrasonic bat sounds.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Like a stealth fighter plane, the barbastelle bat uses a sneaky hunting strategy to catch its prey.
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'' Whereas moths can detect other bats more than 30 metres away, the barbastelle gets as close as 3.5 metres without being detected. ''
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Fellow Bristol scientist Dr Holger Goerlitz said: '' We modelled detection distances for bats and moths and found that by whispering, the barbastelle can hear the echo from an unsuspecting moth before the moth becomes aware of the approaching bat.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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