An insectivorous bat with a long mouse-like tail, native to Africa and Asia and often found in man-made structures.
鼠尾蝠
Family Rhinopomatidae and genus Rhinopoma: three species
Example sentencesExamples
India's remaining bats have their origins in western Asia and are primarily arid-climate species such as the tomb bats and mouse-tailed bats.
One species, MacInnes's mouse-tailed bat, is categorized as vulnerable, facing a high risk of extinction in the wild due to the destruction of the bat's natural habitat.
Colonies of thousands of mouse-tailed bats occupy roosts in large ruined buildings, often palaces and temples.
The most common insect-eating bats are the mouse-tailed bat and the sheath-tailed bat followed probably by the leaf-nosed bat.
It is refreshing to find accounts of species like the striped hyaena, fennec fox, Ruppell's fox, caracal lynx, wild cat, mongoose, hedgehogs, and mouse-tailed bats (to mention only some of those covered in the book) that are based upon personal field observations of live animals rather than desk studies of dead specimens.
The bat is a mouse-tailed bat, most likely the Muscat mouse-tailed bat and not a free-tailed bat.
Definition of mouse-tailed bat in US English:
mouse-tailed bat
noun
An insectivorous bat with a long mouse-like tail, native to Africa and Asia and often found in man-made structures.
鼠尾蝠
Family Rhinopomatidae and genus Rhinopoma: three species
Example sentencesExamples
The most common insect-eating bats are the mouse-tailed bat and the sheath-tailed bat followed probably by the leaf-nosed bat.
Colonies of thousands of mouse-tailed bats occupy roosts in large ruined buildings, often palaces and temples.
India's remaining bats have their origins in western Asia and are primarily arid-climate species such as the tomb bats and mouse-tailed bats.
The bat is a mouse-tailed bat, most likely the Muscat mouse-tailed bat and not a free-tailed bat.
One species, MacInnes's mouse-tailed bat, is categorized as vulnerable, facing a high risk of extinction in the wild due to the destruction of the bat's natural habitat.
It is refreshing to find accounts of species like the striped hyaena, fennec fox, Ruppell's fox, caracal lynx, wild cat, mongoose, hedgehogs, and mouse-tailed bats (to mention only some of those covered in the book) that are based upon personal field observations of live animals rather than desk studies of dead specimens.