Conserve Wildlife Foundation: Red Bat Surprise


Photo Credit: MacKenzie Hall

By Mackenzie Hall: "I’m starting to see that red bats are rule-breakers.  They’re considered forest bats but are happy almost anywhere there are trees, making them common and widespread across North America.  Unlike most other NJ bats, they don’t summer in attics or barns or under bark; rather they hang in the tree canopy at the mercy of wind, rain, heat, and cold.  They start flying earlier in the evening than other bats, and their females have more young (litters of 3 are common while litters of 5 are not unheard of…most other NJ bats give birth to just one pup per year)."

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 12/27/2011 11:00 AM
Categories: Bats
Tags: red bats bats Conserve Wildlife Foundation new jersey wildlife
 

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