Their name comes from their singular fur which is unlike any other bat. They weigh about 8 12 grams and have short rounded furless ears.
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It is a medium sized bat with a wingspan of 10 12 inches and.
Silver haired bat wingspan. Like all bats silver haired bats are vulnerable to population threats because of their. The silver haired bats slow flight distinguishes them from other species. They are known to take flies midges leafhoppers moths mosquitoes beetles caddisflies ants crickets and they have been observed consuming larvae on trees and occasionally spiders.
They are black at the base with a pink interior. By lewis young the silver haired bat lasionycteris noctivagans is well named. Like other tree bats the silver haired bat has a furred tail membrane though the hair is only lightly furred.
Silver haired bats mostly feed in mid flight but will occasionally go to the ground to obtain food. The causative agent of white nose syndrome pseudogymnoascus destructans has been detected on a silver haired bat in delaware although this species does not suffer the same mass mortalities observed in smaller bodied hibernating north american cave bats. The silver haired bat has black wings and has been documented living up to 12 years.
40 44 mm the silver haired bat is a medium sized tree bat that has silver tipped fur. The ears are almost as long as they are wide. The distinctive appearance makes it easily identifiable unlike several other species of bats in montana.
The tragus is short straight and rounded at the end. Its dark brownish black but the hair along the body has silver tips. With a wingspan of 10 12 inches silver haired bats are considered medium sized.
The body fur is black or dark brown but the hairs on the back are silver tipped. 1 58 1 34 in. Silver haired bats are insectivorous.
The coat covers the upper portion of the wings and about a third of the uropatagium.
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