Photos should not be used elsewhere without permission. Contact Bat Conservation Internationa l for photographs of bats. I appreciate the information provided by Amy Fesnock of Pinnacles National Monument straddling San Benito and Monterey Counties, and from Jeff Froke, Santa Lucia Preserve, on the southwestern flanks of Carmel Valley. Other information is derrived from the files at Hastings. For a tiny fellow, the Long-eared Bat has some impressive ears.
Ears are black, shiny and naked.
These bats are found throughout western North America, south to Baja California. Frequent habitats include conifer forests. Roosts in buildings, caves and mine tunnels, loose bark of standing dead pines. Often forage over water ponds. Emerge at sunset and forage in forests.