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Big Brown Bat
Big Brown Bat
The Big Brown Bat can select its preferred prey items, beetles and true bugs, with echolocation. This species is an important predator on harmful crop pests in the Central Valley.

Listen to the echolocation clicks of a Big Brown Bat.
Big Brown Bat Sonogram

Return to Bat Echolocation Station

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