All About the Spotted Bat

By Caiden

Want to learn about the Spotted Bat?  Well read on and discover many facts about these rare bats!

Spotted Bats live on cliffs along the Grand Canyon in Arizona.  They also live in forests, deserts, and grasslands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and British Columbia, Canada.

“They are insectivores, which means they only eats insects.  Moths are its food of choice.  They tear off the wings of the moth and only eat the abdomen,”  according to the Animal Fact Sheet: Spotted Bat from www.desertmuseum.org/kids/bats/Spotted%20bat.php.

Spotted Bats can grow to the length of 124 mm.  Their wingspan can reach up to 14 inches wide.  Their weight varies from around 16 grams to 20 grams.  The Spotted Bat’s tail is 51 mm in size.  Their ears are 42 mm in size.  The forearm extends up to 51 mm.  

Spotted Bats have black fur on their backs, two white spots on their shoulders, one white spot on their rump, a covered portion of white fur on the stomach, and small white patches of fur can be found under each ear.  The Spotted Bat is pale colored,  usually the combination is gray and pink.  Their ears and membrane are pinkish in color and the Spotted Bat’s face is black .

Now tell your friends about the Spotted Bat and I will tell my friends about the Spotted Bat.  I hope that it was fun learning about the Spotted Bat!  It was fun for me to research information about the rare Spotted Bat.

Bibliography

"Animal Fact Sheet: Spotted Bat." N.p., 2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2016.

Lovett, Sarah. Extremely Weird Bats. Santa Fe, NM: J. Muir Publications, 1991. Print.