Its range is restricted to deciduous and coniferous forests in southern and central Ontario and the southernmost part of Quebec. The eastern small-footed bat is one of the smallest North American bats, and one of the least common in Canada. It is a slow flyer, preferring slow-moving rivers and adjacent forests and woodlands. In late summer and early autumn, they migrate to caves where they hibernate. It has a habitat range along southern Ontario, the southernmost parts of Quebec, most of Nova Scotia, and part of New Brunswick. It is known as the tricoloured bat because it has fur in three colours: a base of grey, body of yellow, and tips in brown. Formerly known as the eastern pipistrelle, genetic analysis has shown it is not a pipistrelle but most closely related to the canyon bat. The tricoloured bat is the smallest of Canada's indigenous bat species. Its preferred food is small, flying insects, especially moths, for which they forage after sunset in forest canopies or over streams and stagnant waters. Groups congregate for southward migration in the autumn and winter, though some individuals may undergo torpor and hibernate instead. Its habitat is primarily forested areas in the southern parts of Canada, where it is common and roosts alone in logs or under bark, but it is also found in grassland. The reclusive silver-haired bat resembles the hoary bat, but has a "deep chocolate brown color with a white frosting on its back and abdomen". It preys on flying insects, and roosts in trees and shrubs. The slow, graceful flying bat migrates south in groups in the autumn and winter. Sometimes observed in British Columbia, the solitary red bat is generally found throughout the southern parts of Canada from Alberta to Nova Scotia. It hibernates in caves and mines, and perches to eat insect prey. Northern long-eared myotis bats are found throughout Eastern Canada, southern Manitoba, northern Alberta, and parts of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon. They roost in trees, and prey on large insects such as wasps, dragonflies, beetles, and moths. The solitary bat has a coat of grey fur with white tipped hairs, giving it a "frosted" or "hoary" appearance. The largest bat in Canada is the hoary bat, which inhabits all of Alberta, southern British Columbia, the southern half of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, most of Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and the southern parts of Quebec. They hibernate in the winter, migrating short distances to find an appropriate roost, such as mines and caves. They forage at night on dry, warm evenings, catching and eating flying insects in the air. Males are solitary, whereas females "gather in maternity colonies in the spring and summer", consisting of up to 75 adults with their offspring. The habitat range of the big brown bat is in the southern parts of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, and throughout Alberta. Their echolocation calls are emitted 20 times per second, increasing to 200 times per second while chasing prey. The nocturnal bat roosts in dark places during the day, and preys on insects at night. The little brown bat is the most common and widely distributed of Canada's bat species, more prevalent in Eastern Canada than in Western Canada or Northern Canada. They are insectivores, and are prey to falcons, hawks, owls, snakes, cats, and raccoons. There are eighteen indigenous species of bats in Canada, which are found in many parts of the country.
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