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Indiana bat/ evening bat

Myotis sodalis

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37.9907, -84.1766

Field Notes

Description:

Found dead :(

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
KelseyEvans-Layng
Thanks, it's difficult to say due to the state the body was in, but it may be an evening bat or an Indiana as listed, thanks for the ID link :)
J.T.Layne
Before this bat is listed as a certain species, it would need to be confirmed. Indiana bats are very similar to Little Brown bats, and requires seeing the calcar. Listed here are various species that occur in Kentucky, and physical characteristics that can be used to narrow down to possibly genus: http://www.batcon.org/index.php/all-about-bats/species-profiles.html?country=43&state=21&family=all&limitstart=0&sort= Good find by the way.
KelseyEvans-Layng
It's size, color, ears and nose shape along with its location meaning where Indiana bats have been seen before, I'm not sure how it died my guess from it's location on the wall is disease :(
J.T.Layne
Please describe what characteristics you used to identify the species. Size? Any idea of how it was killed?

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WildLife of Kentucky
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Mammals of KY, TN, IL, OH, MI.
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Brown of TN, KY, MS, & GA
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PublishedJune 30, 2014

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