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Tri-coloured Bat

Perimyotis subflavus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 79, February 75, March 86, April 163, May 100, June 48, July 44, August 45, September 53, October 57, November 74, December 72.
United States5,893
Texas895
Missouri559
Tennessee427
Arkansas400
Oklahoma377
Alabama319
Kentucky299
North Carolina287
Virginia277

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • NocturnalActive primarily at nightChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • InsectivoreFeeds primarily on insectsFrom its classification

Physical

  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderBats · Chiroptera
FamilyEvening Bats · Vespertilionidae
GenusPerimyotis

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