Images of the greater Japanese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus nippon) in flight. (IMAGE)

Doshisha University

Images of the greater Japanese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus nippon) in flight.

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New research reveals that mixed wild- and captive-populations of the greater Japanese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus nippon) display frequency convergence behaviors in a major echolocation frequency, thereby reducing acoustic interference from members of the same colony and improving species sensing.

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Photo by Soshi Yoshida, used with permission

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