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Spotted or pinto bat - EUDERMA MACULATUM
Endangered
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
The Name "Bat": "Bat" comes from Old Norse "ledhrblaka," "leather flapper." It became "bakka" and then "bat."
Description: Immediately recognized by its striking coloration, this small, delicate bat is black with a contrasting white patch on each shoulder and the rump; white at base of ears; underparts with black hair tipped white. Ears are enormous, rounded at tip; tragus simple. Length of head and body 2.4-2.6 in, forearm 2 in; weight 0.4-0.7 Oz.
Location: Western North America from interior southern California east to New Mexico, from Montana south to Mexico.
Habitat: Rocky cliffs and canyons; coniferous forest and woodland; scrub and desert.
Behavior: The spotted bat is rare, perhaps a relict species, and is known from only a few dozen specimens collected since its discovery in 1890. It has been found in mixed coniferous forest at 6000-8000 feet, as well as in arid desert below sea level. It is probably solitary and roosts in crevices high up in rocky cliffs and canyons. If may hibernate in caves during winter in northern latitudes and otherwise migrate, perhaps vertically. Foraging late at night, it eats mostly moths, discarding the wings and hard parts, and occasionally consumes other insects.
Reproduction: Little is known of its reproductive cycle, but it apparently bears a single young in June (possibly in July-August in the northern parts of ifs range).
Go to the Bats Page to get a general discussion of this flying mammal.
Go to the Bats Index to study the other bats included in America Zoo.
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