(A) Nycteris is a carnivorous bat that ‘gleans’ prey such as…
(A) Nycteris is a carnivorous bat that ‘gleans’ prey such as frogs and lizards from the ground. (B) Plecotus, the long-eared bat specializes on non-flying prey from leaves on trees. (C) The Mexican free-tailed bat, Tararida forages insects high above the canopy. (D) Some species of Eptesicus, the big brown bat, forage for insects in small open clearings. For the four bat genera described above, describe a “typical” echolocation pattern for each bat in terms of where they forage and explain why they use the particular echolocation pattern for their foraging bouts.
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