New England Bat Information
Name |
Mass (g) |
Wing Span (mm) |
Comments |
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Red Bat |
7-12 |
290-350 |
One of few species that bears two or more young, migrates south, hangs from trees to rest, |
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Hoary Bat |
35 |
380-410 |
Prefers evergreens, alone, swift-direct flight |
BLM info |
Big Brown Bat |
21 |
325-350 |
common in building, doesn't migrate, boty temp -> freezing |
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Little Brown Bat | 7 | 222-270 | most abundant in NA, breeds in caves in the fall | | Keen's Bat | 11 | | hibernates in caves, uses buildings | | Silver-Haired Bat | 10 | 270-310 | lives alone (under bark), migrates south, coniferous forest, | | Eastern Pipistrelle aka Tricolored bat | 4 | 208-256 | shy, small enough to be mistaken for moth, erratic flyer | | Indiana Bat | | | rare and endangered, caves for hibernation/tree nursery | | | | | | |
Tree of life/Clade diagrams |
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