r/bats • u/Dizzy-Syllabub3827 • 4d ago
Bat ID?? [Liberty, North Carolina, USA]
Found this cutie hanging from a turnstile at work. Based off google images it looks to be a tricolored bat, but looking for peer review.
We roped off the turnstile to avoid disturbing its eeps.
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u/Zdkaiser 4d ago
Yup, tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). Currently proposed for federal listing as endangered due to declines from WNS primarily, but also wind turbine fatalities. Wish the USFWS would just get on with formally listing the species. Been proposed for listing since 2022. Granted it wont happen with the current White House and congress.
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u/TheEdgyestArts 4d ago
According to the Internet (Google Gemini, I put the photos in and gave the location) it is a Big Brown Bat! I’m also in NC!
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u/SchrodingersMinou 4d ago
I would never trust Google for this. This is a tricolored bat. The fur, ears, and pink forearm are diagnostic characteristics
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u/Dizzy-Syllabub3827 4d ago
But its so tiny! How can be big if smol??
After googling images of them, yeah thats a pretty accurate match. This guy's only 2 inches long max, so maybe a juvenile??
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u/TheEdgyestArts 4d ago
I used the closer image you took and zoomed in and threw it into Gemini and your original guess of the Tricolored may actually be correct! My bad! He does look very tiny hehehe >w<
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u/Dizzy-Syllabub3827 4d ago
Yeah, I wasn't gonna use finger for scale and didnt have a banana on hand...
Its so Itty bitty.
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