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Classification
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Common Name
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Diet
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Status
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Distribution
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| Tadarida brasiliensis muscala |
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat |
Insectivore |
Rare |
Cuba, Grand Cayman |
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Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis muscula) eats insects and is found only on Cuba and Grand Cayman, though other subspecies of this bat are common from Central America and the southern United States. Thirty thousand of these bats once inhabited the large cave at Old Man Bay on Grand Cayman. Today there are none, due to vandalism and constant disturbance. These bats will use bat houses or roof spaces in the US but are not known to do so in the Cayman Islands. Biologists recommend preserving this cave undisturbed as habitat in hopes that this important bat population might someday return.
Rare |
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