The European Free-tailed Bat is included here as it has been recorded as an occasional vagrant on the Atlantic coast of Canada and Bermuda. It is a large, dog-faced bat with huge ears joined at the midline. It is one of the highest and fastest flying of all bats and is audible to the human ear.
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