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The general assembly of North Carolina considered a bill in 2007 that would have made Rafinesque's big-eared bat as its state bat. The bill passed 92-15, but died in the state senate. [ 3 ] In 2020, the big brown bat was designated the official state mammal of the District of Columbia . [ 4 ]
Black mastiff bat (Molossus rufus) Sinaloan mastiff bat (Molossus sinaloae) Genus Mops [45] Mops bakarii [107] Sierra Leone free-tailed bat (Mops brachyptera) Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) Medje free-tailed bat (Mops congicus) Mongalla free-tailed bat (Mops demonstrator) Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat (Mops leucostigma)
The 121 extant species of Myotinae are divided between three genera: Eudiscopus and Submyotodon with one species each, and Myotis, or the mouse-eared bats, with the other 119. A few extinct prehistoric myotine species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed. [3]
The spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) is a species of special concern in Canada. The large-eared black bats were first discovered in Canada in 1979, [36] with a range restricted to southern British Columbia. [38] These solitary mammals prefer habitats along waterways in regions with hot summers and mild winters, preferring to roost on cliffs. [38]
The eastern red bat is widely distributed in eastern North America and Bermuda. [16] It generally occurs east of the Continental Divide, including southern Canada and northeastern Mexico. In the winter, it occurs in the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico, with greatest concentrations in coastal areas.
The gray bat (Myotis grisescens) is a species of microbat endemic to North America.It once flourished in caves all over the southeastern United States, but due to human disturbance, gray bat populations declined severely during the early and mid portion of the 20th century. 95% of gray bats now hibernate in only 15 caves.
Population trends are based on the Red List of Threatened Species. The super-scripted "IUCN" tag is a link to that species's Red List of Threatened Species page. If a species has taxonomic synonyms, a list of these is provided in the "Scientific name" column, underneath the binomial name and author, based on the book Mammal Species of the World.
The western red bat is found across western North America, ranging from southern Canada, through the western United States, down to Central America. The species has been recorded in Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. This species, along with most other Lasiurus, is a ...