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n. - Small European brown bat.

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  • However, while the many differences between these two species have only recently been acknowledged, both were originally named during the 1700s and 1800s: the 45 kHz...
  • One near-endemic mammal occurs here, the disc-footed bat (Eudiscopus denticulus), and an endemic pipistrelle (Pipistrellus lophurus) (Table 1).
  • The western pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus hesperus had largely abandoned their cave, except for one lone female who had several young clinging to her back.
  • Instead we have this moronic inferno, a high-pitched fugue of endlessly self-referential squeaking, the sonar of a thousand bewildered but nonetheless blithely confident...
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