Wildlife
The cavern is home to five different species of bat. Some are solitary while others are colonial. The cavern provides roosting sites that serve as daytime shelter and a place for the non-migrating bats to hibernate during the winter months. The Mexican Free-tailed Bat migrates to Alabaster Caverns from Mexico in the spring to bear their young. They then return to Mexico in the fall.
The bat species found in the cave are the Cave Myotis, Western Big-eared Bat, Eastern Pipistrelle, Western Big Brown Bat, and the Mexican Free-tailed Bat.
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