<I>Myotis daubentonii</I> (IMAGE)

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<I>Myotis daubentonii</I>

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Bats must carefully balance physiological mechanisms in response to variation in factors such as ambient temperature, availability of food, and mating requirements. Myotis daubentonii funnels a prey insect with the aid of the wing into the tail pouch to eat it during flight.

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Marko Koenig (Mammalian Ecology Group, JLU Giessen)

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