Spotted Bat Brazilian Free- Euderma maculatum tailed Bat Spotted bats are rare in North Tadarida America. They are white brasiliensis underneath with dark fur on This is a fast- their back and with large white flying, medium- spots. They live in dry climates small bat with and often roost on high cliffs. long narrow Lives: Eastern Oregon. wings and a tail. Fun Fact: Bats hang upside It survives the cold winters in Oregon by staying in down because it gives them an heated buildings instead of hibernating or migrating, ideal position for take-off. often sharing these quarters with other bat species. Lives: Roseburg, Oregon may be the most northern Townsend’s part of this bat’s range. Big-eared Bat Fun Fact: Myths: bats don’t get tangled in your hair Corynorhinus and they are not blind—they can see quite well. townsendii This is a medium- sized bat with large, long ears. It is gray, What kids brown, or black. It is can do to generally active only after full darkness. 1. Learn about bats. help This species is very 2. Never disturb a bat colony. vulnerable to human disturbance and its numbers are declining. In Oregon, it is classified as a State Sensitive 3. Do not touch bats, alive or dead. They can Species. Never disturb this bat if you are in a cave. have rabies, but very few do. Lives: Throughout much of Oregon. 4. Put up a bat house on your property. Find Fun Fact: In spring, mother bats look for warm, dark building plans on ODFW’s website. places to have their pups. A bat house at your place 5. Look for bats at dawn and dusk. Watch would be perfect! street lights that attract insects, bats may Pallid Bat show up. Antrozous pallidus 6. If you see a bat, stay calm. This is a large, pale bat with 7. Have bats in your house? Read the Living huge ears, large eyes and a with Bats fact sheet in the Living with them to make high-pitched sounds and then dog-like face. Its wing beat Wildlife section of ODFW’s website. There are 15 species of bats in Oregon. is slower than most bats. It Many of them are identified in the Oregon listen to the echo of those sounds to locate emerges late at night to feed Photo credits: Michael Durham Photography, Conservation Strategy as species in need of where objects are. Using echolocation or primarily on the ground, www.durmphoto.com. eating large beetles, crickets, help. Bats are the only flying mammal. sound waves, they can find even the tiniest and even scorpions. The insect! Some of Oregon’s bats migrate south pallid bat is uncommon A nocturnal species, they and is found mostly in arid Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have a nifty ability called in winter; some stay here 3406 Cherry Ave N.E. regions in canyons. and hibernate. Salem, OR 97303 echolocation that allows the OREGON Lives: Southwestern and Eastern Oregon. (503) 947-6000 Fun Fact: Pallid bats can walk on the ground and are www.dfw.state.or.us CONSERVATION immune to a scorpion’s sting. STRATEGY Ecoregions in Oregon Oregon’s Fantastic Bats I live in the Willamette California Myotis Lives: Throughout Oregon. Yuma Myotis Lives: Eastern Oregon. Myotis californicus Fun Fact: Oregon’s bats eat only insects. An adult bat Myotis yumanensis Fun Fact: Bats are Valley ecoregion California myotis is an eats about 1,000 insects every hour! Yuma myotis emerges mammals: they have hair, acrobatic flyer. It is dark when it is almost dark are warm blooded and Little Brown feed their babies milk. brown to blond with dark Myotis and forages for insects ears. It eats moths and over streams and The Willamette Valley ecoregion is the most urban in the state. It is also the fastest- Myotis lucifugus flies. Early in the summer, ponds. This bat is gray, Silver-haired Bat growing ecoregion—it has nine of Oregon’s ten largest cities. Fertile soil and abundant This bat is commonly Lasionycteris a female joins a maternity tan or brown; it lives rainfall make the valley the most important agricultural region in the state. Culturally, or nursery colony where found in attics and in a variety of habitats. noctivagans the Willamette Valley is a land of contrasts. Bustling urban areas are nestled within she gives birth to one buildings during Large numbers of This bat, found in older offspring. In winter, these summer months in female bats gather together in May or June to have their forests, has a wingspan productive farmland. Pressure on valley ecosystems from population growth, bats roost in mines, caves maternity colonies. It weighs about half an ounce and has young. In autumn, they migrate. of about 10 inches. land-use conversion and pollution is likely to increase as more people make and buildings. a wingspan of 9 to 11 inches. It prefers to live in forests Its fur is glossy black, the Valley their home. Lives: Throughout Oregon. near water. One baby is born in spring or summer. In tipped with white. It Lives: Throughout Oregon. Fun Fact: A baby bat is called a pup. Young bats can fly winter, this bat hibernates in caves. forages over ponds, Fun Fact: Bats use echolocation to hunt, navigate and between two and five weeks of age. Learning about the at-risk species and their habitats in your ecoregion gives you streams, meadows and communicate. Lives: Throughout Oregon. the information you need to get involved in conserving Oregon’s fish and wildlife for Fun Fact: Bats can live for 20 years, a long time for a Hoary Bat roads, often flying very Western Small-footed your enjoyment and that of future generations. small mammal. Lasiurus cinereus low and roosting behind Myotis loose tree bark. Myotis ciliolabrum Fringed Myotis The hoary bat has a Myotis thysanodes wingspan of nearly 16 Lives: Throughout Oregon. Strategy Habitats and Species This bat is brown to Fun Fact: Maternity roosts of the silver-haired bat are Important habitats in the ecoregion include oak woodlands, grasslands (including oak pale yellow with black This bat is brown to inches. It has dark fur found in trees. savanna), wetlands, riparian and aquatic. ears and a black mask reddish brown and tipped with white, a dark mask on its face, across its eyes and nose. has relatively long Big Brown Bat a yellow-orange throat It lives in dry climates, forearms. It gets its Eptesicus fuscus Strategy species in need of help include western gray squirrel, northern red-legged frog, and round ears edged especially cliffs and rocks. name from the fringe foothill yellow-legged frog, northwestern pond turtle, western meadowlark, western of hairs along the bottom of its tail. It roosts in trees, in black. This bat roosts in branches of trees and likes to This is a relatively large It hibernates in caves and bat, with a wingspan bluebird, Oregon chub, Pacific lamprey and Fender’s blue butterfly. See back of sheet for mines. snags, buildings, caves, rocks, cliffs and bridges. It likes feed around outdoor lights. Hoary bats migrate south in beetles and moths but will eat spiders and crickets. winter, returning to Oregon in the spring. of 13 to 14 inches. more information. Lives: Eastern Oregon. Its dark color and Lives: Throughout Oregon. Lives: Throughout Oregon. Fun Fact: Active at night, Oregon’s bats rest during the slow flight help with Fun Fact: Bats lower their body temperature to near Fun Fact: The hoary bat and the silver-haired bat usually Northern red-legged frog: I live in the day. They roost, that is, they hang upside down in out-of- identification. It is freezing when they hibernate. They don’t eat all winter bear twins. Willamette Valley ecoregion the-way spots—caves, bridges, cliffs and trees. more likely to be active but live off stored fat. Canyon Bat in cold weather than Red-legged frogs like cool damp forests and wetlands. Long-eared Myotis Long-legged Myotis Parastrellus other bats, and prefers Adults have red underlegs, hence their name. Their Myotis evotis Myotis volans hesperus human structures for decline in the northwest is due, in part, to habitat loss roosting. The long-eared The long-legged bat This species weighs and invasive bullfrogs. myotis is pale brown lives in forests and less than one quarter Lives: Throughout to strawberry. It is a comes out early in the of an ounce! Its fur Oregon. slow flier and hovers evening to hunt. It is pale yellow to Fun Fact: Insects around trees and is a fast flier and will brownish gray with a are hard to find during the cold winter months, so bats rocks to catch flies, chase insects for a long dark face mask. It likes hibernate in Oregon or migrate to warmer climates. They Fun fact: It’s unlikely you’ll ever hear a red-legged frog call. They call underwater. moths and wasps. distance. One baby is born in the summer, and the species rocky canyons and return in spring when insects are plentiful. It is usually found in hibernates in winter. outcrops and flies early forests and hibernates in the evening when Lives: Throughout Oregon. in winter it feeds on swarms of . Fun Fact: Bats can fly 20 to 30 miles an hour and travel flying insects. more than 100 miles a night.