List of Mammals of Massachusetts - Chiroptera

Chiroptera

• Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus (Statewide) - Hibernates throughout winter. Comes out during night.

• Big Brown Bat Episticus fuscus (Statewide) - Found in caves. Come out at night to feed. Also hibernate in winter.

• Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis (Migratory) - Comes here during late spring and summer. may occur throughout the state.

• Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus (Migratory) - Rarely seen. Doesn't hibernate in winter, but moves south.

• Eastern small-footed myotis Myotis leibii (SC) (Berkshire and Hampden counties) - Rarely seen. Only a few records in Berkshire, and Hampden counties. One of the smallest bats in the Eastern USA. Now, reports are extremely rare, and is listed as Special Concern.

• Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus (Statewide) - Like the big brown bat, it hibernates in winter. One of the most common bats in Massachusetts.

• Northern long-eared myotis Myotis septentrionalis (Probably Statewide) - Also hibernates in winter. Almost found all over the state. Distinguishable with its long ears.

• Indiana bat Myotis sodalis (A) (SC) (Probably extirpated) - Rarely seen. Last known record in 1939. A few were reintroduced in Western Mass. Now Endangered. Reported from Berkshire, Hampden, and Worcester counties.

• Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans (Migratory) - Occurs in summer. May be found all over the state. One of the few North American bats with rabies.