Tag: Chiroptera

109/150: This little brown bat may be gone soon! That means more mosquitoes biting you!

Sep 15, 2017

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by

Jaclyn McKeown

in #Biodiversity150

Animalia: Chordata: Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Myotinae: Myotis: Myotis lucifugus (LeConte, 1831) The little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) was once a common species around North America but is now considered Endangered and protected federally in Canada under the Species at Risk Act. The little brown bats are insectivores that are 6-10 cm long, weigh 5-14 grams…