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Eighteen of the 124 species of mammals inhabiting Colorado are bats. The unique life history characteristics of bats prevent many people from realizing that they comprise 15 percent of our native mammal fauna. Being fast fliers that are active at night, bats are mostly elusive to human senses except in the early evening hours when they can be seen foraging or when they are seen in their roosting habitat. In addition bats often roost in hard-to-reach, well-hidden places making human encounters with bats rare.
Citation Information
Publication Year
2004
Title
Colorado bat conservation plan
Authors
Laura E. Ellison, Michael B. Wunder, Cheri A. Jones, Cyndi J. Mosch, Kirk W. Navo, Kathy Peckham, John E. Burghardt, Julie Annear, Ron West, Jeremy Siemers, Rick A. Adams, Erik Brekke