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Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 74, February 76, March 120, April 235, May 451, June 211, July 159, August 144, September 151, October 124, November 77, December 69.
United States11,124
Canada6,701
Ontario1,891
British Columbia1,386
New York1,383
Alaska1,221
Quebec1,012
Nova Scotia725
Michigan721
California683

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
GenusMouse-eared Bats · Myotis

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