Kentucky Bat Working Group

Kentucky Bat
Working Group

The goals of this website are to (1) provide information about bats (especially
those that occur in Kentucky) in hopes of enhancing bat conservation efforts,
and (2) improve communication among those who care about bats and,
specifically, those involved in bat research in Kentucky.

Kentucky's

Chiropteran Connection:
Bat News You Can Use

The Bats of Kentucky

Order Chiroptera
(Click on the Species for Additional Information &
on the Kentucky icon for a Distribution Map)

Family Molossidae

Brazilian (or Mexican) free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)

Family Vespertilionidae

Rafinesque's big-eared bat *(Corynorhinus rafinesquii)*	Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)	Big brown bat *(Eptesicus fuscus)*
Silver-haired bat *(Lasionycteris noctivagans)*	Red bat *(Lasiurus borealis)*	Hoary bat *(Lasiurus cinereus)*
Seminole bat *(Lasiurus seminolus)*	Gray bat *(Myotis grisescens)*	Southeastern myotis *(Myotis austroriparius)*
Little brown myotis *(Myotis lucifugus)*	Eastern small-footed myotis *(Myotis leibii)*	Northern bat *(Myotis septentrionalis)*
Indiana bat *(Myotis sodalis)* Draft Recovery Plan	Evening bat *(Nycticeius humeralis)*	Eastern pipistrelle *(Pipistrellus subflavus)*

Click on the following for information about:

Bat Researchers in Kentucky	Equipment for Bat Research	Bat Houses
Bat-related Listservs	Bats: Information for Kentucky Homeowners	Bibliography - Bat Research in Kentucky
Books about Bats	Bats of the United States	Bat Field Guide

Check out these links to other bat-related sites:

KBWG thanks the Department of Biological Sciences at Eastern Kentucky University for donating space for this site.
This site is maintained by Gary Ritchison. Send comments & suggestions to gary.ritchison@eku.edu.