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Faunamelitensis — Lesser Mouse-eared bat
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Description
Photo: Arnold SciberrasScientific name: Myotis blythi
Maltese name: Farfett il-Lejl Widnet il-Gurdien
Status locally: Formerly Common. Now Frequent
habitat: in deep caves during the day, flying around near cultivated fields, edges of woodland and areas of open water reservoirs during dusk.
diet: catches insect at flight, also on the ground.
other info: often found solitary or in groups of up to 20 individuals. in two localities on the islands, there are colonies up to 100 individuals. one of the largest species locally and occurs all year round.
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Grazzi
mhux rari, imma lanqas komuni, skond liema speci ta' Farfett il-lejl. din l-ispeci hija skarsa, xi kultant frekwenti.
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np, fimtek. U malta biss issiba?
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Le, jinstab fl-ewropa ukoll
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OMG where did you find this?!!! its so pretty!! I was thinking of buying a fruit bat actually... loool
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I have no idea... but when I convince my parents that it is pretty I will start working my way in the best petshops... I mean... i've seen chinchillas & baby monkeys, squirrels & cawl (black birdies)... I know where to get a barn own... how hard would it be to find a fruit bat? lol
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well, they are selling them now, but probably still very expensive. good luck with convincing you're parents
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lol 
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yeah, bats are pretty fascinating!
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I love your pictures! They are informative too!!!
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Cuz i spend my free time searching for local Fauna(animals) to study and take photographs, plus by experience, one will know where to look for such animals. i'm glad you like my photos
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oh i guess that's logical..
If i tried i might find something interesting here too though the variety isnt quite as interesting... A few early mornings wont do me any harm!
Thank you for answering me
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you must be kidding right? little variety in Greece? hello, your country probably is one of the largest or richest Archipelagoes in the world! with over 400 islands, i'm sure you have more variety than Malta. if you make just a little effort i'm sure you find new interesting things to see everyday!
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crete. The lizard variety is big. We have five species of non venomous or low venom snakes. A big variety of birds if i could find a place where they arent hunted and..I cant think of something else.. I suppose im lucky to have that! At the moment i cant travel greece or else i wouldnt be complaining!!
I am aware of the animals that exist in mainland i just cant find anything particularly interesting about crete in particular!
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Crete is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean, so its pretty big compared to Malta. I am very aware of an endemic species of Dragonfly which only occurs on Crete [link] , but its found in one locality and its pretty rare. I assume there's are a bunch of endemic flora on Crete, being such a mountainous island,not sure about other Fauna there, need to check. yep, the lizard species on Crete must be endemic too. hunting is main problem even in Malta, but we are visited by a large variety of birds here. not so many endemic flora in Malta, 24 in all, but 700 indigenous ones. not so much large Fauna here either,one endemic variable lizard, and the largest wild mammal here is the wild rabbit! loads of insects and arachnids here though.
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when it comes to mammals its not that bad even though as i said earlier hunting is a big problem.
Oh when it comes to flora i know this and that, we do have alot of endemic species. Its just that my interests are limited i guess.... Insects would be the most interesting subject i believe.. Here though we have a larger mammal, a mustelid to be precise, a subspecies of a european marten i think...
Unless the sites got it wrong!
Malta.. Hmmm... Thats a place id like to explore.... After i got a proper camera again and learned how to search for interesting pics in the right way!
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we do a have a mustelid too, which is the Weasel, though pretty scarce locally. may e you should visit Malta one day, i think you will like it. For my honeymoon I'm going to a few islands on Greece, though i forgot which ones, need to ask my wife again
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haha yes i see you have been paying lots of attention to THAT 
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Anyway, have a happy honeymoon and an even happier married life with everything you want yours!!!
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hehe
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