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European bats
Bats are the only flying mammals actually. Around the world, there are about 970 species, most living in the tropics area . In France, we have 37 different species.
European bats eat large quantities of insects. A common pipistrelle bat weighs just 6 grams and can eat about 500 grams of insects in a season and a greater mouse-eared bat can eat up to 40 beetles in one night.
Bats are excellent environmental indicators of the quality of our environment since each species has its own ecology. Only a rich and diverse natural environment allows the presence of many bat species. Conversely, when the environments are degraded and trivialized the landscape, the number of species encountered fall quickly.
European bats eat large quantities of insects. A common pipistrelle bat weighs just 6 grams and can eat about 500 grams of insects in a season and a greater mouse-eared bat can eat up to 40 beetles in one night.
Bats are excellent environmental indicators of the quality of our environment since each species has its own ecology. Only a rich and diverse natural environment allows the presence of many bat species. Conversely, when the environments are degraded and trivialized the landscape, the number of species encountered fall quickly.
