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Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Photo by AmandaWhipkey
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown bat with infant.

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Red Bat

Lasiurus borealis

Reference Link
J.T.Layne
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Comments (2)
Ava T-B
Please consider adding this spotting to the new North American Bat Tracker mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/18306114
J.T.Layne
Nice find! Rarely do you get to see this species with its young. This appears to me to be an Eastern red bat female. Unlike little brown bats, the tail (uropatagium) is furred, and the fur is reddish instead of a chocolate brown.

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Bat Monitoring Project
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 4, 2011

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