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AnimalsSensitive species
A wetland bat of southern bottomlands, roosting in hollow trees over standing water.
Field facts
HabitatCypress swamp, bottomland hardwoods
RangeSouth-western Indiana
When to lookSpring through autumn
StatusState endangered in Indiana (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesLittle brown bat
Field note: It is one of the few Myotis species that regularly bears twins.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Do not approach hollow roost trees in swamp forest.
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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