Definition of little brown bat
: a small widely distributed insectivorous North American bat (Myotis lucifugus) with brown fur
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Before the disease entered Pennsylvania in the winter of 2008-2009, a species called the little brown bat numbered in the millions.
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In New York City, where nine species of bats are known to migrate during the summer, a single little brown bat is capable of devouring up to 100 percent of its body weight in insects, a diet that includes mosquitoes.
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In early December, crews will collect 45 little brown bats at a hibernacula in northwestern Wisconsin and send them to Pennsylvania.
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The researchers put a band on a little brown bat that was roosting with a summer colony of other Myotis lucifugus–the small brown bats that can be found in many places throughout North America.
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Wisconsin was selected to donate little brown bats because the state is on the leading edge of the disease; states in the East do not have sufficient bat populations to draw from, according to Lindner.
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Wisconsin was selected to donate little brown bats because the state is on the leading edge of the disease
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Since 1960, little brown bats ranging in age between 16 and 35 have been found.
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First Known Use of little brown bat
1842
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