Lasiurus cinereus - #656
Northern Hoary Bat
Bat hanging from branch. Formerly Aeorestes cinereus.
Geographic Distribution
Guatemala and Mexico throughout the USA to S British Columbia, SE Mackenzie, Hudson Bay and S Quebec (Canada); Bermuda; accidental on Cuba, Hispaniola, Iceland, and the Orkney Isls (Scotland)
Order/Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Lasiurus
Specific Epithet
cinereus
Image Location
USA, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image Date
1980
Photographer
D Riepe (contrib. by A. O'Connell)