Common Name
Silver-haired Bat
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Species Name
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Status
Lower Risk (lc)
States
Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
Distribution
Throughout the United States except extreme southern portions of southern states. Also occurs in southeastern Alaska.
Notes
Roosts under bark and in hollow trees. Brown, silvery throat, neck and head. Likes conifers, water. Migrant or nomadic. Hollow trees, behind bark, bldgs. Flies late. Diet consists of a variety of insects.
Illinois
Year-round resident in southern Illinois
Ohio
This species migrate south in winter.