Things that go squawk in the night

[martin butterfield <>]

Thanks Ian.

There is good news and there is bad news.  The good news is that the bat has vanished from the place it was hanging so has apparently suffered no ill effects from the event!  The bad news is that have not been able to get a photo of its face.  

However, having had the options suggested to me, looking at a National Photographic Index book on mammals, size and colour (rather dark, whereas the Lesser is described as light on top) support your suggestion of Gould's.

Martin

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Ian Fraser <> wrote:

I'm no expert on bats, but there are two relatively common local Long-eared Bat spp (genus Nyctophilus) - Lesser/Geoffroy's and Gould's. I'm not good enough to say which from the pic (we'd like to see its face ideally) but on size alone I'd suggest the latter.

What a delightful encounter!

cheers

IF

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