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Classification |
Common Name |
Diet |
Status |
Distribution |
| Family: Mollossida |
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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.
Rare |
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