Sardinian Long-eared Bat
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The Sardinian Long-eared Bat (Plecotus sardus) is a species of bat
endemic to Sardinia
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This species was discovered in 2002 in the caves of central Sardinia. Is currently the only endemic bat discovered in Italy. The identification of the new species was "made official" by the results of a DNA
study.
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
endemic to Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
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This species was discovered in 2002 in the caves of central Sardinia. Is currently the only endemic bat discovered in Italy. The identification of the new species was "made official" by the results of a DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
study.