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Bracken Cave is a cave located in southern Comal County, Texas, outside the city of San Antonio. The 100-foot (30 m)-wide crescent shaped opening to the cave lies at the bottom of a sinkhole, formed when the roof of the cave collapsed. It is the summer home to the largest colony of bats in the world.
The Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) is an endangered species found only in a small number of caves in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat, and the lump-nosed bat, its appearance is defined by a pair of outsize ears and a lump ...
The species is one of many bats found near the northern city of Darwin. They occur at the Casuarina Coastal Reserve , inhabiting the observation posts installed during the second world war. [ 5 ] They are observed to cohabitat with other microbat species, the common sheathtail species Taphozous georgianus and dusky leaf-nosed species ...
The cave nectar bat, dawn bat, common dawn bat, common nectar bat or lesser dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) [1] is a species of megabat within the genus Eonycteris. The scientific name of the species was first published by Dobson in 1871.
The cave contains about 9,000 of these as well, many more than any other cave in the region. In addition, the cave is one of the world's three or four largest hibernation sites for little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus), containing over 100,000 individual bats. Finally, the cave is also home to at least four other bat species.
Since the shut down of the railway, the tunnel has become a bat cave, hosting over 3 million Mexican free-tailed bats and 3000 Cave myotis bats. The bats emerge at sunset during the months of May through October, and viewing is open to the public. [2] At 16.1 acres, it is the smallest state park in Texas. [3]
Townsend's big-eared bat is a medium-sized bat (7–12 g) [2] with extremely long, flexible ears, and small yet noticeable lumps on each side of the snout. Its total length is around 10 cm (4 in.), its tail being around 5 cm (2 in) and its wingspan is about 28 cm (11 in).
Perching in cave. The Virginia big-eared bat has light to dark brown fur depending on age. Their fur is long and soft and the same from its base to its tip. [7] This species is one of the largest cave-dwelling bats in its range, and weighs between 7 and 12 grams. The bat is recognized by its big ears, which are over 2.5 centimeters long.