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Little Brown Bat Description Distinguishing Features - Overall colouration, brown; buffy gray underneath. Wings, bluish-gray.
Habitat Common throughout Northwestern Ontario in caves, mine tunnels and hollow trees; also barns, attics and other building crevices. Diet The little brown bat is beneficial in reducing pest insect populations. During its night time feedings, a single bat can fill its stomach in 15 minutes and then empty its digestive track several times a night between feedings. Notes
The little red bat is the most common of a number of Northwestern Ontario bats.
Because it forages at night, the little brown bat is far less subject to predation than other species and does not need to reproduce in large numbers. A female will produce a litter of only 1 to 2 offspring once each year. They also have a long life-span (up to 30 years).
Other common bats of Northwestern Ontario-
Hoary Bat - Lasiurus cinereus Less-common bats of Northwestern Ontario-
Large Brown Bat - Eptesicus fuscus Return to Top of Page
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