The big brown bat is the Adirondack’s largest bat; only the hoary bat is larger. The long, lustrous fur is brown. The ears, wing and tail membranes are black. Total length is 105-123 mm (4.1-4.8 in).

Four of the nine species of Adirondack bats belong to the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. The little brown bat is the most abundant of the four, and is the common bat of the region. During the ...

Little brown bats prefer temperatures between 40° and ... fungus-frosted snout fur but also corrosive white lesions on the wings of the bat and untimely arousal from hibernation, possibly because ...

In some cases, their wings are too damaged to fly ... have been directly affected by the disease The disease has infected big brown bats, Eastern small-footed bats, Indiana bats (endangered), little ...

During winter, in northern Canada, little brown bats go into a form of hibernation ... Unlike bird and insect (and aeroplane) wings, bat wings have very little stiffness. They consist of a very ...