A small insect-eating bat has been confirmed as Mozambique's newest species of mammal after more than a decade of intensive study by scientists who used near-invisible "mist nets" to catch their first specimens.
A small insect-eating bat has been confirmed as Mozambique's newest species of mammal after more than a decade of intensive study by scientists who used near-invisible"mist nets" to catch their first specimens.
In this case, the scientists studying the bat had to refer to specimens of its closest relatives in museum collections in South Africa, Malawi, Germany and Switzerland. To catch the bat, the scientists used traps and mist nets made of such fine material that they were able to evade detection by the bats' sonar.Horseshoe bats, which have brown fur and tiny black eyes no bigger than mustard seeds, are sparrow-sized and named for the horseshoe-shaped structures on their faces that are used for echolocating - or sending out soundwaves - to help them to navigate or catch flying insects.
"If they do detect it, the next night they will go around it automatically," Bayliss said."You really have to catch them on the first night or the second night.
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