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How to Tell Bats Apart From Each Other

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Viola H. Ruzzier
Oct 13, 2025
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Since this is unofficially Bat Month, welcome to our first identification session! Today, we will be focusing on identifying bats in the Myotis mystacinus species complex, also known as whiskered bats. Read the following descriptions to make sure that you can recognize any bat in this species complex!

If it has small feet, a dark colored face, notched ea…

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