Little Brown Bat

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The Little Brown Bat, Myotis lucifugus, is common throughout the United States, particularly in swamps where insects are plentiful.

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Greg Cater

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The Little Brown Bat, Myotis lucifugus, is common throughout the United States, particularly in swamps where insects are plentiful.

Little Brown Bat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The little brown bat is a species of the genus Myotis, one of the most common bats of North America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_brown_bat
Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
Find population statistics and information about the Little Brown Bat from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14176/0
Little Brown Myotis - Myotis lucifugus - ARKive
Learn more about the Little brown myotis - with amazing Little brown myotis videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/little-brown-myotis/myotis-lucifugus/
ADW: Little Brown Bat - Myotis lucifugus
The fur of M. lucifugus is glossy, and varies in color from dark brown, golden brown, reddish, to olive brown. Albino individuals have also been observed.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Myotis_lucifugus/
Little Brown Bat Distribution, Behavior, and Diet - Batworlds
The swampy habitat for the Little Brown Bat offers them access to plenty of insects.
http://www.batworlds.com/little-brown-bat/
Little Brown Bat Facts and Information - NWF
Little brown bats are not territorial - they live in colonies numbering in the hundred of thousands of individuals.
https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Mammals/Bats/Little-Brown-Bat.aspx
BioKIDS - Myotis lucifugus, Little Brown Bat
Little brown bats are appropriately named. Their fur is glossy, and can be dark-brown, golden-brown, reddish, or olive-brown.
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Myotis_lucifugus/
Little Brown Bat - BatsintheAttic
Educational Page About Little Brown Bat
http://www.batsintheattic.org/littlebrown.html
Have You Heard of the Little Brown Bat? - About-Bats
The little brown bat is very common in the eastern portion of the United States.
http://www.about-bats.com/little-brown-bats.html
Little Brown Bat - Description, Range and Habitat - ESF
SUNY-ESF is the oldest and most distinguished institution in the United States that focuses on the study of the environment.
http://www.esf.edu/aec/adks/mammals/littlebrownbat.htm

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Little brown bat

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Myotis
Species:	M. lucifugus
Binomial name
*Myotis lucifugus* ( Le Conte, 1831)
Subspecies
Myotis lucifugus pernox Myotis lucifugus lucifugus Myotis lucifugus alascensis Myotis lucifugus carissima Myotis lucifugus relictus

Distribution of all little brown bat subspecies: M. l. lucifugus (red), M. l. pernox (green), M. l. alascensis (blue), M. l. carissima (yellow), M. l. relictus (gray)^[2]
Synonyms
Vespertilio lucifugus Le Conte, 1831

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Little Brown Bat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The little brown bat is a species of the genus Myotis, one of the most common bats of North America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_brown_bat
Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
Find population statistics and information about the Little Brown Bat from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14176/0
Little Brown Myotis - Myotis lucifugus - ARKive
Learn more about the Little brown myotis - with amazing Little brown myotis videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/little-brown-myotis/myotis-lucifugus/
ADW: Little Brown Bat - Myotis lucifugus
The fur of M. lucifugus is glossy, and varies in color from dark brown, golden brown, reddish, to olive brown. Albino individuals have also been observed.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Myotis_lucifugus/
Little Brown Bat Distribution, Behavior, and Diet - Batworlds
The swampy habitat for the Little Brown Bat offers them access to plenty of insects.
http://www.batworlds.com/little-brown-bat/
Little Brown Bat Facts and Information - NWF
Little brown bats are not territorial - they live in colonies numbering in the hundred of thousands of individuals.
https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Mammals/Bats/Little-Brown-Bat.aspx
BioKIDS - Myotis lucifugus, Little Brown Bat
Little brown bats are appropriately named. Their fur is glossy, and can be dark-brown, golden-brown, reddish, or olive-brown.
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Myotis_lucifugus/
Little Brown Bat - BatsintheAttic
Educational Page About Little Brown Bat
http://www.batsintheattic.org/littlebrown.html
Have You Heard of the Little Brown Bat? - About-Bats
The little brown bat is very common in the eastern portion of the United States.
http://www.about-bats.com/little-brown-bats.html
Little Brown Bat - Description, Range and Habitat - ESF
SUNY-ESF is the oldest and most distinguished institution in the United States that focuses on the study of the environment.
http://www.esf.edu/aec/adks/mammals/littlebrownbat.htm

Little brown bat

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Myotis
Species:	M. lucifugus
Binomial name
*Myotis lucifugus* ( Le Conte, 1831)
Subspecies
Myotis lucifugus pernox Myotis lucifugus lucifugus Myotis lucifugus alascensis Myotis lucifugus carissima Myotis lucifugus relictus

Distribution of all little brown bat subspecies: M. l. lucifugus (red), M. l. pernox (green), M. l. alascensis (blue), M. l. carissima (yellow), M. l. relictus (gray)^[2]
Synonyms
Vespertilio lucifugus Le Conte, 1831

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Little Brown Bat

The Little Brown Bat, Myotis lucifugus, is common throughout the United States, particularly in swamps where insects are plentiful.

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