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Bats of Connecticut

genera

• Myotis
• Eptesicus
• Lasionycteris
• Lasiurus
• Perimyotis
• Pipistrellus

Bats that occupy buildings

• little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) — common and widespread in the state This and the big brown bat are the two most common bat species in the state
• big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) — winters in the state, often hibernating in buildings, occasionally caves; a bat seen in winter is probably this species; in summer it often roosts in attics; it breeds in the state.

Bats that roost in trees in summer

• silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) — uncommon; usually seen near water; listed as a Connecticut species of special concern
• eastern red bat, red bat (Lasiurus borealis) — usually found at lower elevations; seldom seen and listed as a Connecticut species of special concern
• hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) — seldom seen and listed as a Connecticut species of special concern
• northern long-eared myotis, northern bat, also known as the long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis)

Bats that hibernate in caves and tunnels

• northern long-eared myotis (see above)
• little brown bat (see above)
• eastern small-footed bat, small-footed bat (Myotis leibii) — believed to have been extirpated in the state, and it was probably always scarce; no confirmed sightings have been recorded in the state for several decades; listed by the state as a "species of special concern"<
• Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) — in the several decades up to 2004, only one was ever found in the state
• eastern pipistrelle (Perimyotis subflavus, also called Pipistrellus subflavus