Mexican Big-eared Bat

Corynorhinus mexicanus

Safety note: May carry rabies — do not approach or handle.

The Mexican Big-eared Bat is closely related to Townsend's big-eared bat but is restricted to the mountains of Mexico and barely enters the extreme southern United States. Like its relative, it has enormously enlarged ears and is a specialist moth hunter using slow, hovering flight to pluck prey from foliage. It roosts in small groups in caves and mine tunnels.

Habitat

Mountain pine-oak forests and caves of Mexico and the U.S. border region

Diet

Moths and insects

How common

Rare

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