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For information on how to live with wildlife, visit these species pages:
Bats | Beaver | Birds | Black Bears | Bobcats | Cougars | Coyotes | Deer and Elk | Frogs | Nutria | Osprey | Owls | Raccoons | Snakes | Tree Squirrels | Turkeys | Turtles | Wolves | Young Wildlife
- Oregon’s bats eat only insects. An adult bat eats about 1,000 insects every hour!
- Bats hang upside down because it gives them an ideal position for take-off.
- Bats can fly 20 to 30 miles an hour and travel more than 100 miles a night.
- A baby bat is called a pup. Young bats can fly between two and five weeks of age.
- Bats are the only flying mammal.
Michal Durham photo
See flyer Batty for Bats: Facts for kids (pdf) |
Bats are the only flying mammals; they use sound to locate their prey, and they live a long time. There are 15 species of bats in Oregon. Many of them are identified in the Oregon Conservation Strategy as species in need of help.
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