Bats Native To Colorado

This bat eats gnats crane flies beetles moths and mayflies.

Bats native to colorado. Little brown bat with mouth open using. There are 19 species of bats in colorado with most species occurring on the western slope of the state. This revised key includes diagrams and pictures to aid in species identification in colorado.

Little brown bats can sometimes eat more than their body weight in insects each night. You ll often find them swooping under street lights at night to catch flying insects that are attracted by the illumination. Some species are depicted here with photographs from dan neubaum.

Bat species are hard to tell apart but by knowing a few facts you can guess which bat you are watching. The common name for each species is followed by its binomial name. Please review and let us know if this key matches dichotomies that you have used.

Boulder county is home to 11 different species of bats one quarter of all the bat species present in the u s. A small bat with pale tan to dark brown fur. It does not include species found only in captivity.

They tend to congregate where humans live and therefore are the most common species to spot. Bats can be found in every habitat in the state from the eastern plains to the high mountain forests and western deserts from rural towns to downtown denver. Eighteen species of bats live in colorado and they all eat insects.

This list of mammals of colorado lists every wild mammal species seen in the u s. Some of the colorado species remain here but. They are common in colorado and live in roosts.