The Indiana bat is a medium-sized Myotis, closely resembling the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) but differing in coloration. Its fur is a dull grayish chestnut rather than bronze, with the basal portion of the hairs on the back a dull-lead color.

The Indiana bat is a medium-sized Myotis, closely resembling the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) but differing in coloration. Its fur is a dull grayish chestnut rather than bronze, with …

The Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) is a medium-sized mouse-eared bat native to North America. It lives primarily in Southern and Midwestern U.S. states and is listed as an endangered species. The Indiana bat is grey, black, or chestnut in color and …

The northern long-eared bat (NLEB) (Myotis septentrionalis) was listed as threatened under the ESA on April 2, 2015, and reclassified to endangered on March 31, 2023.

Range: The Indiana bat is found throughout much of the eastern United States from Oklahoma, Iowa, and Wisconsin, east to Vermont and south to northwestern Florida.

Indiana bats are about 3.5 inches (nine centimeters) in length with a wingspan of 9.5 to 10.5 inches (24 to 27 centimeters). Like all bats, they must be incredibly lightweight to fly. Adults weigh an average of seven grams, less than the weight of two nickels.

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) characteristics: A medium-sized, dull gray bat. The length of its head and body ranges from 1.5 to 2 inches. Weighs about 1/4 of an ounce. Most bats are difficult to distinguish from their cousins unless examined closely.

This is a dataset representing the polygonal boundaries for the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) as understood by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

My­otis so­dalis, also known as the In­di­ana bat, is found only in North Amer­ica. Their range spans from Iowa, Mis­souri, and north­ern Arkansas east to west­ern Vir­ginia and North Car­olina, and north into New York, Ver­mont, New Hamp­shire, and Mass­a­chu­setts. These areas in­clude both their win­ter hi­ber­na­tion sites and sum­mer ranges.

The Indiana bat ranges from Vermont and New York, and west through Michigan to Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas, and south to Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Northern populations migrate south to wintering hibernacula; currently, this …