British Columbia has the greatest diversity of bats in Canada! Sixteen species of bats live in BC and 10 of those species call the south coast home. These pages contain a short summary of information about the bat species found on the south coast.
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
California Myotis (Myotis californica)
Keen’s Long-eared Myotis (Myotis keenii)
Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)
Long-legged Myotis (Myotis volans)
Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
Western Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis)
Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis)
Bat species information taken from:
Nagorsen, D. W., & Brigham, R. M. (1993). Bats of British Columbia (Vol. 1). UBC Press and Royal British Columbia Museum.164 pages.
Fenger, M., Manning, T., Cooper, J., Guy, S., & Bradford, P. (2006). Wildlife & Trees in British Columbia. Edmonton: Lone Pine.336 pages.