Gray bats at Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge

A hundred or more small brown-ish bats hanging upside down together in a cave

Gray bats at Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge

More than 1 million gray bats hibernate each winter at Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama.

Image

Photo By/Credit

Jennifer Pinkley/USFWS volunteer

Facility

Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Caves and Karst

Species

Myotis grisescens

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Subject tags

Mammals

Pollinators

Wildlife

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