Bats

If you look up in the sky in the early evening, you may see many birds. If you look closely at these birds you will notice that many are not birds at all. They are actually bats!

Did you know that there are 986 different species of bats in the world, all of which fly. Bats are mammals. They have elongated fingers that stretch skin into "wings". Bats feed on many different things. Some bats are carnivorous (meat-eating), piscivorous (fish-eating), saguivorous (blood-eating), fruigivorous (fruit-eating), nectarivourous (nectar or pollen eating), but most of them are insectivorous (insect-eating)

Bats are quite common in most places in the world and Arizona is no exception. Although little is known about these creatures of the night, we do know that Arizona hosts some 27 different species of bats. Below are some of the interesting tidbits of information regarding Arizona bats.

Much of this information has been gleaned from Bats of Arizona, a special Heritage Edition of the Arizona Wildlife Views (August 1993) and from "America's Neighorhood Bats" by Merlin Tuttle (1988).

Leaf-nosed Bats: These bats are of the Family Phyllostomidae, or American leaf-nosed bats. These are all rather large bats, and are found primarily in the southern part of Arizona.

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Furry-tailed Bats: These bats are of the Family Vespertilionidae or Evening Bats. They have thick fur, with fur on their tail membrane. In general, they are solitary roosters.

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Big-eared Bats: These bats are also of the Family Vespertilionidae or Evening Bats. This group of bats all have very large ears, are medium in size and in general have echolocation calls lower in frequency than other bats.

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Small Brown Bats: These bats are also of the Family Vespertilionidae or Evening Bats. This is the largest and probably most common group of bats found in Arizona. These are the small brown bats which are primarily of the Myotis species. They are insectivorous, and probably play a major role in insect control in the various environments in which they live.

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Free-tailed Bats: These bats are of the Family Molossidae or Free-tailed Bats. These bats have a tail which extends beyond the tail memrane. They have short gray-ish fur, rounded ears, and narrow wings. They are colonial roosters, usually in very large colonies such as the Mexican free-tailed colony found at Carlsbad Caverns.

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