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The general assembly of North Carolina considered a bill in 2007 that would have made Rafinesque's big-eared bat as its state bat. The bill passed 92-15, but died in the state senate. [ 3 ] In 2020, the big brown bat was designated the official state mammal of the District of Columbia . [ 4 ]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... South American hoary bat (Lasiurus villosissimus) Western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus) Genus Mimetillus [45]
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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Bats of North America" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Eastern small-footed bat Townsend's big-eared bat Western mastiff bat Pocketed free-tailed bat Mexican free-tailed bats Ghost-faced bat California leaf-nosed bat. The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
Townsend big-eared bats like the one featured in the contest are known for their ears, as the name aptly suggests. Their ears can stretch up to 1.5 inches–nearly a third of their average full ...
The 121 extant species of Myotinae are divided between three genera: Eudiscopus and Submyotodon with one species each, and Myotis, or the mouse-eared bats, with the other 119. A few extinct prehistoric myotine species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed.
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