The Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus), sometimes called ‘Little Brown Myotis’, is one of 19 species of bat across Canada and was once fairly common throughout BC and Canada, but a recent outbreak of ‘white nose syndrome’, a killer fungal growth, has lead to them recently being declared an ‘endangered species’. It can weigh up to eight and a half grams and can live in excess of 35 years. The females will roost in colonies of around 50 – 500 plus in buildings, caves and under bridges. This shot was taken when I found this bat snoozing in a remote building I was using on the BC coast last summer.
