Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Classification -- Biology -- Echolocation -- Benefits of Insectivorous Bats -- Foraging -- Feeding Behavior -- Noninsectivorous Bats -- Vampire Bats -- Guano -- Summer Habitat -- Summer-Autumn Swarming -- Winter Habitat and Hibernation -- Migration -- Homing Ability -- Reproduction and Longevity -- Bats as Food -- Bat "Bombs" -- Mines and Bridges -- Controlling "Nuisance" Bats -- Attracting Bats -- Threats to Bats -- Rabies -- Histoplasmosis -- Bats and Wind Power -- White-nose Syndrome -- Conservation -- Status of Bats in the United States and Canada -- Endangered Species and Subspecies -- Research Techniques -- Inventories -- Thermal Imaging -- Nets and Traps -- Bat Banding -- Radiotelemetry -- Acoustic Identification -- Additional Techniques -- SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- Mexican Long-tongued Bat, Choeronycteris mexicana -- Mexican Long-nosed Bat, Leptonycteris nivalis -- Lesser Long-nosed Bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae -- California Leaf-nosed Bat, Macrotus californicus -- Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat, Artibeus jamaicensis -- Peter's Ghost-faced Bat, Mormoops megalophylla -- Florida Bonneted Bat, Eumops floridanus -- Greater Bonneted Bat, Eumops perotis -- Underwood's Bonneted Bat, Eumops underwoodi -- Pallas' Mastiff Bat, Molossus molossus -- Pocketed Free-tailed Bat, Nyctinomops femorosaccus -- Big Free-tailed Bat, Nyctinomops macrotis -- Brazilian Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis -- Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus -- Western Red Bat, Lasiurus blossevillii -- Eastern Red Bat, Lasiurus borealis -- Hoary Bat, Lasiurus cinereus -- Southern Yellow Bat, Lasiurus ega -- Northern Yellow Bat, Lasiurus intermedius -- Seminole Bat, Lasiurus seminolus -- Western Yellow Bat, Lasiurus xanthinus -- Evening Bat, Nycticeius humeralis -- Canyon Bat, Parastrellus hesperus.

Tri-colored Bat, Perimyotis subflavus -- Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii -- Townsend's Big-eared Bat, Corynorhinus townsendii -- Spotted Bat, Euderma maculatum -- Allen's Big-eared Bat, Idionycteris phyllotis -- Pallid Bat, Antrozous pallidus -- Silver-haired Bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans -- Southwestern Bat, Myotis auriculus -- Southeastern Bat, Myotis austroriparius -- California Bat, Myotis californicus -- Western Small-footed Bat, Myotis ciliolabrum -- Long-eared Bat, Myotis evotis -- Gray Bat, Myotis grisescens -- Keen's Bat, Myotis keenii -- Eastern Small-footed Bat, Myotis leibii -- Little Brown Bat, Myotis lucifugus -- Dark-nosed Small-footed Bat, Myotis melanorhinus -- Arizona Bat, Myotis occultus -- Northern Long-eared Bat, Myotis septentrionalis -- Indiana Bat, Myotis sodalis -- Fringed Bat, Myotis thysanodes -- Cave Bat, Myotis velifer -- Long-legged Bat, Myotis volans -- Yuma Bat, Myotis yumanensis -- SPECIES OF ACCIDENTAL OCCURRENCE -- Hairy-legged Vampire Bat, Diphylla ecaudata -- Buffy Flower Bat, Erophylla sezekorni -- Cuban Flower Bat, Phyllonycteris poeyi -- Cuban Fig-eating Bat, Phyllops falcatus -- Summary -- Appendix: Bats of the United States and Canada (Including Protection Status) -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.