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2 Species ID Suggestions

California Big Eared Bat
Macrotus californicus
AfriBats
AfriBats 10 years ago
Macrotus
Leaf-nosed bat


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3 Comments

AfriBats
AfriBats 10 years ago

In the area around the observation, both M. californicus and M. waterhousii could occur:
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41146-Ma...
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41147-Ma...

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the new North American Bat Tracker mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1830...

J.T.Layne
J.T.Layne 12 years ago

Great find! Common names don't mean much, but according to this site it's the California leaf-nosed bat: http://www.batcon.org/index.php/all-abou...

It's the only leaf-nosed bat found North of Mexico

Chihuahua, Mexico

Spotted on Apr 1, 2010
Submitted on Dec 13, 2011

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