Big Brown Bat

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ThatFrogGuy
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Big Brown Bat

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This bat apparently got in our house from the fireplace. After chasing it in circles around my room with a net for ten minutes, I finally caught it and released it outside unharmed. I've been told it's most likely a Big Brown Bat.
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Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) by Zach Truelock, on Flickr
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Big Brown is a possible, but with no size reference you can't rule out an Evening Bat. Both are common in your area and both will roost in man made structures. To be sure, you'd need a forearm measurement, or check and see how many incisors it has.


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When I was volunteering at a wild bird rescue mammals were sometimes brought in too. Nobody that had not been vaccinated for rabies was allowed to handle bats.
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looks like this little guy...
I let him go under a bridge right by my place.
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PhoenixBird wrote:When I was volunteering at a wild bird rescue mammals were sometimes brought in too. Nobody that had not been vaccinated for rabies was allowed to handle bats.

You're right, I shouldn't have suggested that a nonvaccinated person check a bats teeth.

Sep11ie, do you have a better photo of your bat? Your location is Houston area correct?
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Curtis Hart wrote:
PhoenixBird wrote:When I was volunteering at a wild bird rescue mammals were sometimes brought in too. Nobody that had not been vaccinated for rabies was allowed to handle bats.

You're right, I shouldn't have suggested that a nonvaccinated person check a bats teeth.

Sep11ie, do you have a better photo of your bat? Your location is Houston area correct?
Yes sir, I'm in the Houston area. I'm looking for a better picture. My ex deleted most of my pictures of everything I had. That looks just like the one's I remove around here though.
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