Hoary Bat

Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
Protection Status Notes Nothing is known about the hoary bat's status or population trends. The mainland L. cinereus is not listed by the U.S.

Hoary Bat
Hoary Bat

Photo Credit: Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International ...

Hoary Bat
(Lasiurus cinereus)
RANGE: Most of the U.S. and Canada, into northern Mexico.
STATUS: Not a protected species ...

Hoary Bat
Relatives in same Genus
Western Red Bat (L. blossevillii)
Red Bat (L. borealis) ...

Hoary Bat
Order Chiroptera : Family Vespertilionidae : Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois) ...

Hoary Bat Behaviour
No observations regarding Hoary Bat behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Hoary Bats ...

Hoary bats can probably eat up to 40% of their own body weight in a single meal. It has been suggested that certain moths in Hawaii have evolved with the bat and can detect the social calls of hoary bats.

Hoary Bat
Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois)
Description: Hoary bats are the largest Kansas bat, being at least an inch longer than red bats, to which they are related.

Hoary bats are the most widespread of all bats in the United States. Though not yet recorded in Alaska, these bats are thought to occur in all 50 states.

Rehabbing Injured Hoary Bat
This young hoary bat injured his wing. While waiting on a specialized rehab person from Boise to...
Idaho Falls
06/10/04 ...

Hawaiian Hoary Bats: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Hoary Bats: Alien World
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hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus cinereus)
house mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
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Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
Kirtland's short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda kirtlandi) ...

species, the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus)(Hawaii), little Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus tokudae)(Guam) and Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus mariannus)(Guam), are also listed as endangered.

Usually a red bat pair will fly the same route, over and over, in search of food. Another woodland species is the hoary bat. It is the largest Minnesota bat, weighing an ounce or more.

Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus - Vagrant.
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Soprano Pipistrelle P. pygmaeus
Nathusius Pipistrelle P. nathusii
Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus ...

Large, solitary North American bats of wide distribution are the hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus, yellow-brown with silver frosting, and the red bat, L. borealis, which is a striking brick-red color. Both have soft, thick fur and roost in trees.

See also: Bat, Fly, Beetle, Big Brown Bat, Chiroptera