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Seventeen species of bats live in the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, including a large number of Mexican free-tailed bats. [1] It has been estimated that the population of Mexican free-tailed bats once numbered in the millions but has declined drastically in modern times.
Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area is a natural bat habitat near the city of Rocksprings in Edwards County in the U.S. state of Texas. Carved by water erosion, the cavern is home to several million Mexican free-tailed bats that emerge at sunset during April through October.
Light-winged lesser house bat (Scotoecus albofuscus) Hinde's lesser house bat (Scotoecus hindei) Dark-winged lesser house bat (Scotoecus hirundo) Desert yellow bat (Scotoecus pallidus) Genus Scotomanes [61] Harlequin bat (Scotomanes ornatus) [45] Genus Scotophilus [61] [45] Andrew Rebori's house bat (Scotophilus andrewreborii) [87]
There are more than 1,300 species of bats and most species live in tropical regions near the equator where it is nice and warm. Most bats feed on insects and can consume copious amounts of bugs.
Certain types of fruit bats have short jaws and powerful teeth to pierce into fruit. Others have long tongues and snouts to reach pollen and nectar. They can search up to 30 mi (48 km) to find food. Some types of fruit bats can have a five-feet wing span, the largest of all bats. Other fruit bats only have a six-centimeter long wing span.
Mexican free-tailed bats are nocturnal foragers and begin feeding after dusk. They travel 50 km in a quick, direct flight pattern to feed. This species flies the highest among bats, at altitudes around 3,300 m (10,800 ft). [3] Bats appear to be most active in late morning and afternoon between June and September. [25]
Annually, as many as 1,500 rehabilitated bats are released back to the wild. [4] Lollar and the staff at the sanctuary have also launched a bat house project, where they would remove unwanted bats from local buildings free of charge as long as the building owners agreed to hang bat houses close to where the bats formerly entered the buildings.
Bats are consumed extensively throughout Asia, as well as in islands of the West Indian Ocean and the Pacific, where Pteropus species are heavily hunted. In continental Africa where no Pteropus species live, the straw-colored fruit bat, the region's largest megabat, is a preferred hunting target. [124]