Volume 12
Issue 2
- Bat Houses: An Educational Opportunity
- Participate in the North American Bat House Research Project
- REVIEWS
- Look for “Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats”* at these locations
- “Secret World of Bats” Seen Worldwide
- VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
- Increase your conservation investment with a matching gift
- WISH LIST
- LETTERS
- ON THE BACK
- ON THE COVER
- Bat Conservation: A New Priority for Federal Agencies
- ON THE TRACK OF FOREST BATS
- A Volunteer’s Journal
- The Great Red Island: A Future for its Bats?
- Guam National Wildlife Refuge Moves Forward
- Visit the “Lost World” of Venezuela with Dr. Merlin Tuttle as your guide
The relatively long black ears of the long–eared myotis (Myotis evotis) are distinctive and dramatic in contrast with its paler body fur. These are western bats, predominately found in coniferous forests, often at higher elevations. Although overall, little is known about them, studies indicate that their feeding behavior is somewhat flexible, since they have an ability to capture airborne insects as well as to glean prey from vegetation or the ground. Their main diet appears to consist of moths, and the type of echolocation they use when hunting makes them well adapted to hunting in forested habitats.
Long-eared bats were among the nine species studied last summer in Arizona’s Coconino National Forest [page 4]. The project gave researchers some of their first clues into where these bats roost and give birth to their young.
Photo by Merlin D. Tuttle