Cuban Night Bat
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The Cuban evening bat is a species of bat
in the vesper bat
family, Vespertilionidae, that is endemic to western Cuba
. It is a small bat, even smaller than cogener
Nycticeius humeralis. It is insectivorous, but otherwise little is known about its behavior and diet.
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,...
in the vesper bat
Vesper bat
Vesper bats , also known as Evening bats or Common bats, are the largest and best-known family of bats. They belong to the suborder Microchiroptera . There are over three hundred species distributed all over the world, on every continent except Antarctica...
family, Vespertilionidae, that is endemic to western Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. It is a small bat, even smaller than cogener
Nycticeius
Nycticeius is a small genus of bats in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It contains two species, the Evening Bat and the Cuban Evening Bat...
Nycticeius humeralis. It is insectivorous, but otherwise little is known about its behavior and diet.