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I am a biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, my work primarily deals with North American bat biology.
Spring Hill, Kansas
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The ears on the bat pictured are longer than those of a little brown. Ears on a little brown will not go past their nose. http://batcon.org/index.php/all-about-ba...
Looking at the multicolor fur and the pinkish forearms these photos are of a tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus).
I will add that this species of bat is commonly found under leaf litter during the late fall / winter (ambient temperature >50 F). For a scientific abstract of a paper explaining this follow this link: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2193/20...
Cool story, this is actually an eastern red bat due to the furred uropatagium (back tail wing).
It's not a silver-haired or little brown. M. evotis is closest
Awesome spotting. Just as an FYI, these bats can actually roost on the ground under leaves during the winter in the Midwest, and can actually take flight from the ground.
Looks like one of the margined leatherwings (Chauliognathus marginatus). ://bugguide.net/node/view/2668/bgimage?from=72
I used the size of the brick to gauge how long this individual was in order to come up with the identification, along with the "bluntness" of the nose.This is a nice spotting, do you have any details of when you saw this bat? Was it roosted on the side of your house? Have you seen it there often?
Good nose on the dogs, and good job for not letting them make a meal out of this individual! This looks to me to be a Seminole bat, but it could also be an eastern red bat. The color of the fur looks to be more of a mahogany compared to the reddish-orange associated with male eastern red bats. Was this individual located under a tree with Spanish moss? If so, it is a good possibility that this individual is a Seminole. To go along with your comment, this is the time that young individuals are being born. However these bats have been known to be found on the ground roosting.
For range map and species description: http://www.batcon.org/index.php/all-abou...
For a description of the differences between Seminole bat and eastern red bats and more life history of Seminoles: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wil...
