Birth of a Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus, Schreber) in Captivity

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FOLDING EARS OF A BAT

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of each ear was held outwards and well above the horizontal, the previously outer but now inner part of the ram's horn against the body. Finally one of the forearms would very quickly move outside the ear and come back pressing it, still in the ram's horn position, crumpled against the side of the body and under the wing. After that with occasional twitches of the bat's body and forearm the ear would gradually extend to its fĂźll length, folded longitudinally and held between wing and body.

BIRTH OF A SEROTINE BAT (.EPTESICUS SEROTINUS, Schreber.) IN CAPTIVITY. by

T H E EARL OF CRANBROOK.

A female serotine captured on May 26th, 1960, was kept in eaptivity in a glass sided aquarium one wall of which had J" wire netting on the inside, on which she hung and slept. Food and water in small shallow dishes were on the floor and she learned within two days to feed from the dish. She was fed on meal Worms, blow fly pupae and house crickets. The last were killed by crushing their heads and the freshly killed bodies were left


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