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AnimalsSensitive species
An unmistakable long-eared bat of southern swamp forest, known in Indiana from a handful of records.
Field facts
HabitatBottomland forest, abandoned buildings, hollow trees
RangeExtreme southern Indiana
When to lookYear-round where present
StatusState endangered in Indiana (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesNo other Indiana bat has ears this long
Field note: At rest it curls its inch-long ears back like a ram's horns.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Extremely sensitive to disturbance. Report, never enter, a roost.
Never handle a bat.
This species is treated as sensitive: locations are generalised to county level and never routed to directly.
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