Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus)

Query: British mammals

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Subject:	Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus)
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PLATE XII.
Whiskered Bat. (Natural size.)
Date 1910
Author Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton; Martin A. C. Hinton; Edward Adrian Wilson
Full title A history of British mammals,
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16024935
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_history_of_British_mammals_%28Plate_XII%29_%286383352237%29.jpg

The whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) is a small European bat with long fur. Although uncommon, Myotis mystacinus is often found around human habitation and around water. The frequencies used by whiskered bats for echolocation are 34–102 kHz, have most energy at 53 kHz, and have an average duration of 3.0 ms.

Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species: Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817)

British mammals
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