Several species of the bat are on the endangered list

Bats save over a one billion dollars in crop damage every year.

Diet-beetles, flies, moths, mosquitoes, nectar, and fruit

Threats-Habitat loss, fragmentation of the forest, persecution, pesticides, disturbances
to roosting and hibernation areas, wind turbines, and disease (white-nose
syndrome-a fungus)

The white nose syndrome-fungal disease decimated bat population, some species up to 90%. There have been over 5 million bats that have succumbed to this disease. One of the hardest hit species, Northern long-eared bats have been hit particularly hard from in.

fws.gov/story/bats-are-one-most-important-misunderstood-animals
nature.com/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/animals-we-protect/bats

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