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Townsend's Big-Eared Bat

Corynorhinus townsendii

Photo by SargonR
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Field Notes

Description:

A group of 40-50 sleeping Townsend's Big-Eared Bats spotted in the "rock rooms" on Elk Mountain, in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, OK.

Notes:

As my son and I sat and watched, slowly, one-by-one the bats woke and flew down to a lower portion of the cave.

Reference Links:

Townsend's big-eared bat - Wikipedia

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BioBlitz! Oklahoma
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Wildlife of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
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Oklahoma and Texas Wildlife

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PublishedApril 26, 2017

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