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<p> <em>Myotis blythii</em> (Tomes, 1857)</p>

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  • Lesser mouse-eared bat

  • Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)

  • Vespertilionidae

  • The lesser mouse eared bat is a bat with a brown colouration on its back and light grey on its belly, and big sized ears. It's body can measure up to 6.6 cm long with a 5.6 cm tail and it can weigh 21 g.

  • Alvão Nature Park

    Rocha da Pena Local Protected Landscape

  • Algarve

    Norte

  • Critically endangered

  • The lesser mouse-eared bat takes shelter, in our country, in caves, mines, and other underground shelters and hunts in areas with grass vegetation, such as pastures, steppes and meadows.

  • Spring, Summer and Autumn. However is is difficult to see because it is a rare specie with nocturnal activity.

  • The lesser mouse-eared bat feeds mainly on green grasshoppers, mole crickets and grubs, which it sometimes captures directly from the vegetation.

  • The Portuguese population of this species is estimated to be smaller than 2 thousand individuals. (Source: Red Book of the Portuguese Vertebrates, 2005).