Carol Rush took this photo at her West Golden Hills home of a small bat that was roosting above the door. Carol and her ...

A new dichromatic species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. American Museum Novitates . Published online January 13, 2021. doi: 10.1206/3963.1.

In Latin, the species is known as Myotis sodalis, which means “companion.” According to the TWRA, the name refers to the Indiana bat’s tendency to hibernate in large, dense clusters of up to ...

Sixteen of North America’s 45 bat species are Myotis bats. Of those 16, 11 live only in Western North America and seven live in Colorado . All of those Myotis bats could face massive population ...