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The Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) is a medium-sized mouse-eared bat native to North America. It lives primarily in Southern and Midwestern U.S. states and is listed as an endangered species. The Indiana bat is grey, black, or chestnut in color and is 1.2–2.0 in long and weighs 4.5–9.5 g (0.16–0.34 oz).
Indiana is home to 12 native species of bats. Wyandotte Cave is occupied by members of nine of those 12 species; the total bat population is over 30,000. The most common bat in the cave is the endangered Myotis sodalis (commonly known as the Indiana bat), followed by the Myotis lucifugus (commonly known as the little brown bat). [13]
Indiana is home to a variety of bat species that hibernate over winter in caves, mines and other structures. Indiana's bats are emerging from hibernation. Here's why that's a good thing
Big brown bat Indiana bat Mexican long-nosed bat Little brown bat. Bats belong to the biological order of Chiroptera. The bat families found in North America are Vespertilionidae, Molossidae, Mormoopidae and Phyllostomidae.
Hubbard's Cave is ecologically significant because it serves as a hibernaculum for two Federally endangered bat species, the gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). The cave is known to be the largest gray bat hibernaculum in Tennessee with a population of over 500,000 gray bats. [1]
There are estimated to be about 9,000 individuals in the cave, as against a total world population of about 20,000. Thus, Hellhole contains about 45% of the world's total population. The cave is the largest hibernation site in the mid-Atlantic region for the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). The cave contains about 9,000 of these as well, many more ...
The bats’ names can play a larger role in the contest than their cuteness. Last year’s winner was a female Townsend’s big-eared bat from southern Oregon dubbed “William ShakespEAR”.
The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) The Virginia big-eared bat, also known as Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) The Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) The eastern cougar (Puma concolor couguar) was deemed extinct by the USF&WS in 2011.