More Information About Bats

Want to learn more about bats? The Colorado Division of Wildlife has a fantastic website all about the Bats of Colorado, including a list of species.

For even more general info about bats and for treatment of all species found throughout the Rocky Mountains, check out Bats of the Rocky Mountain West by our very own Dr. Rick Adams - Colorado Book Award winner for Best Guidebook.

Still want more? Check out the sources below.

Antrozous pallidus, the pallid bat

Websites about Bats

Here is a list of some additional websites containing information about bats.


Myotis ciliolabrum, the small-footed myotis

Books About Bats

Here is a list of some additional books containing information about bats.


Myotis auriculus, the southwestern myotis

Bat Organizations

Here is a list of some additional organizations dedicated to bats.


Corynorhinus townsendii, Townsend's big-eared bat

Bat House Info

Find out more about how you can improve your chances of attracting bats into your backyard.


Antrozous pallidus, the pallid bat

Websites About Bats


Myotis ciliolabrum, the small-footed myotis

Books About Bats

General Bat Information

  • Bats of the Rocky Mountain West by our very own Dr. Rick Adams
  • The Bat in My Pocket, A Memorable Friendship by Amanda Lollar
  • The Little Brown Bat by Carl Green
  • The Vacationer's Guide to Bat Watching by BCI Bats of the World, a Golden Guide
  • The Educator's Guide To Bats by BCI
  • Bats--a Complete Cross Curricular Theme Unit by Robin Bernard
  • Bats, a Creativity Book for Young Conservationists by Jane Jennings
  • America's Neighborhood Bats by Merlin Tuttle
  • Bats by M. Brock Fenton
  • Just Bats by M. Brock Fenton
  • Bats In Question by Don Wilson
  • Walker's Bats of the World by Ronald Nowak
  • Vampiro by David E. Brown
  • Bats, A Community Perspective by James S. Findley
  • Bat by Caroline Arnold
  • The Bat: Wings in the Night Sky by M. Brock Fenton
  • Bat Biology and Conservation by Thomas H. Kunz
  • Bat Watching (Wildlife Watching) by Diane Bair & Pamela Wright
  • Bats by Gail Gibbons
  • Bats: A Portrait of the Animal World by Andrew Cleave
  • Bats: Biology and Behaviour by John Altringham
  • Bats: Creatures of the Night by Joyce Milton
  • Bats: Mammals that Fly (Animals in Order) by Marlene Sway, Phd
  • Bats: Mysterious Flyers of the Night by Dee Stuart and Merlin Tuttle
  • Bats: Shadows of the Night by Diane Ackerman
  • Bats and Their Homes by Deborah Chase Gibson
  • The Bats of Europe and North America: Knowing Them, Identifying Them, Protecting Them by Wilifred Schober
  • The Bats of Texas by David L. Schmidly
  • Bats of the World: 103 Species in Full Color by Gary L. Graham
  • Bats on Parade by Barry Hannah
  • Bats! Strange and Wonderful by Lawrence Pringle
  • Beautiful Bats by Linda Glaser
  • The Biology of Bats by Gerhard Neuweiler and Ellen Covey
  • Extremely Weird: Bats by Sarah Lovett
  • The Fascinating World of.....Bats by Maria Angels Julivert
  • How Bats See in the Dark by Malcolm Penny
  • Long-Eared Bats by Susan M. Swift
  • Misunderstood: Bats by Arthur John L'Hommedieu
  • Shadows of the Night: The Hidden World of the Little Brown Bat by Barbara Bash
  • Understanding Bats by Bird Watchers Digest
  • World's Weirdest Bats by M.L. Roberts

Bat Houses

  • The Bathouse Builder's Handbook by Merlin Tuttle
  • Beastly Abodes: Homes for Birds, Bats, Butterflies & Other Backyard Wildlife by Bobbe Needham
  • Building Bat Houses by Dale Evva Gelfand

Just For Kids

  • Outside and Inside Bats by Sandra Markle
  • Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
  • Bats by Zoobooks
  • Bats, Swift Shadows In The Night by Ann Cooper
  • Bat Time by Ruth Horowitz
  • The Bat in the Boot by Annie Cannon
  • Bat Jamboree by Kathi Appelt
  • Bat's Surprise by Kelli C. Foster
  • Batbaby by Robert M. Quackenbush
  • Bats by Nancy J. Shaw
  • Bats: A Creativity Book for Young Conservationists by Laura A. Hoehn and Jane F. Jennings
  • Bats: The Amazing Upside-Downers by Phyllis Jean Perry
  • Batty Riddles by Katy Hall
  • Belfry Bat the Scaredy Cat by Gayle McGuire Tremblay
  • Night Creatures by Sylvaine Perols and Gallimard Jeunesse


Myotis auriculus, the southwestern myotis

Bat Organizations


Corynorhinus townsendii, Townsend's big-eared bat

Bat House Info

Books

  • The Bathouse Builder's Handbook by Merlin Tuttle
  • Beastly Abodes: Homes for Birds, Bats, Butterflies & Other Backyard Wildlife by Bobbe Needham
  • Building Bat Houses by Dale Evva Gelfand

Websites

Where to Buy


Bat Fact-One little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) can consume up to 500 insects in one hour.


Bats of the Rocky Mountainn West