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Laura N Kloepper^1,2, Amaro Tuninetti^1,2, Ian Bentley³

¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.

|December 25, 2025

Summary

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Mexican free-tailed bats navigate high-speed dives using adjusted echolocation and spatial memory. This research reveals how bats balance sparse sensory data with cognitive maps for safe roost reentry.

Keywords:

acoustic signal processing zoology

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Area of Science:

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Bioacoustics

Background:

Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) navigate complex environments during roost reentry.
Bats often return to roosts from high altitudes in low-light conditions, involving steep, fast dives.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the sensorimotor behaviors of Mexican free-tailed bats during high-speed roost reentry dives.
To understand how bats adjust echolocation and integrate sensory information for safe navigation.

Main Methods:

Recorded sensorimotor behaviors of 26 bats during dawn reentry dives.
Tracked bats' flight paths, speeds (up to 22.1 m/s), forces (up to 9.2 g), and distances.
Analyzed echolocation signal adjustments within detection range of the ground.

Main Results:

Bats exhibited stereotyped echolocation adjustments, including decreased signal duration and interpulse intervals, and increased signal end frequency.
Bats traversed distances of up to 6 m between ground echo reception.
Analysis suggests sparse echo information is received during dives.

Conclusions:

Bats likely integrate sparse echo information with cognitive spatial maps and visual cues.
This integration enables safe navigation and high-speed roost reentry.
The study highlights the sophisticated sensorimotor capabilities of bats.