Lancet dynamics in greater horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum.

Echolocating greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) emit their biosonar pulses nasally, through nostrils surrounded by fleshy appendages ('noseleaves') that diffract the outgoing ultrasonic waves. Movements of one noseleaf part, the lancet, were measured in live bats using two...

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Main Authors: Weikai He, Scott C Pedersen, Anupam K Gupta, James A Simmons, Rolf Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4390203?pdf=render