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Ozark big-eared bat
The Ozark big-eared bat is an endangered species found only in a small number of caves in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat, and the lump-nosed bat, its appearance is defined by a pair of outsize ears and a lump-adorned nose.
The Ozark big-eared bat is the largest and reddest of the five subspecies of ''Corynorhinus townsendii'' and is medium-sized and weighs from 0.2 to 0.5 ounces.〔U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service〕 It has very large, 1-in-long ears that connect at the base across the forehead.〔 The snout has large, prominent lumps above the nostrils.〔 These particular bats feed on moths and other insects; they forage along forest edges.〔
==Importance==
Bats are beneficial to our planet in a myriad of ways. A colony of big brown bats can eat 18 million cucumber beetles.〔Wild Cave National Park〕 The insectivorous food habits of bats play an important role in maintaining a balance among insect populations.〔Bogan〕 Other species of bats, especially in temperate zones, are insectivorous and collectively consume large quantities of insects.〔Bogan〕 Bat droppings or guano support entire ecosystems of unique organisms, including bacteria which are useful in detoxifying wastes, as well as producing gasohol (mixture of gasoline and alcohol) and certain antibiotics.〔
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