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Dominant Glint Based Prey Localization in Horseshoe Bats: A Possible Strategy for Noise Rejection 1 2 3 1 Dieter Vanderelst *, Jonas Reijniers , Uwe Firzlaff , Herbert Peremans ¨ 1 Active Perception Lab, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 2 Department of Biology, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 3 Lehrstuhl fur Zoologie, Technical ¨ University Munchen, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany Abstract Rhinolophidae or Horseshoe bats emit long and narrowband calls. Fluttering insect prey generates echoes in which amplitude and frequency shifts are present, i.e. glints. These glints are reliable cues about the presence of prey and also encode certain properties of the prey. In this paper, we propose that these glints, i.e. the dominant glints, are also reliable signals upon which to base prey localization. In contrast to the spectral cues used by many other bats, the localization cues in Rhinolophidae are most likely provided by self-induced amplitude modulations generated by pinnae movement. Amplitude variations in the echo not introduced by the moving pinnae can be considered as noise interfering with the localization process. The amplitude of the dominant glints is very stable. Therefore, these parts of the echoes contain very little noise. However, using only the dominant glints potentially comes at a cost. Depending on the flutter rate of the insect, a limited number of dominant glints will be present in each echo giving the bat a limited number of sample points on which to base localization. We evaluate the feasibility of a strategy under which Rh