barbastelle
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of barbastelle
French: from Italian barbastello , from Latin vespertilio bat; see pipistrelle
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Rare species, including barbastelle bats, great crested newts and corn buntings, have been spotted at the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire in the last six years.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
They are home to rare and threatened species, such as the bluebell, the herb Paris, the barbastelle bat and the red-listed and locally declining marsh tit.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
But if the barbastelle didn't evolve its ability to be quieter when hunting in the air, as part of the arms race between insects and bats; where does it come from?
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
Accordingly, it is therefore unlikely that the ancestor of the barbastelle was a loud hawker that evolved into the whispering barbastelle as a response to insect hearing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
Many readers have doubtless seen bats in the course of their evening walks, and it may, therefore, be worth while to remind them that British bats—the long-eared and the barbastelle bats, for example,—feed upon insects.
From Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) by Various
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