Ognev's Long-eared Bat

Fascinating facts about the Ognev's Long-eared Bat

• By 2006, scientists finally split Ognev's long-eared bat from its look-alike cousins, recognizing it as its own species, Plecotus ognevi.
• Ognev's long-eared bat roams a swath of northern Asia, showing up in China, Kazakhstan, South-Korea, North Korea, Mongolia and Russia. Its presence across six countries highlights a broad, trans-border habitat.
• In the wild, this bat calls both taiga and Southern Siberian mountain forests home, as well as temperate mixed and deciduous woodlands.

At a glance

About the Ognev's Long-eared Bat

In the whispering twilight, the Ognev's Long-eared Bat unfurls its dark, leathery wings, a silhouette of elegance as it dances through the forest, its oversized ears twitching with every faint rustle. With an uncanny ability to navigate the dense underbrush, this enigmatic creature weaves a intricate path, its high-frequency calls echoing softly as it pursues the nocturnal insects that sustain it. As it flits and darts, the Ognev's Long-eared Bat embodies the very essence of nocturnal magic, a fleeting glimpse of wonder in the moonlit shadows.

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