Social Communication in Big Brown Bats

Bats are social mammals that display a wide array of communication calls. Among them, it is common for most bats species to emit distress, agonistic, appeasement and infant isolation Big brown ( Eptesicus fuscus ) no different: They gregarious animals living in colonies can comprise hundreds individuals. These live North America and, typically found roosting man-made structures like barns attics, considered common. insectivorous laryngeal echolocators, while their calls associated brain mechanisms echolocation well-documented, much less known about neural systems analyzing vocalizations. In this work we review what know the lives big propose how consolidate nomenclature used describe Furthermore, discuss next steps characterization structure these studies will advance both research neuroethology ecology bats.