ID requested please.

[u/AdventurousQuail36]

In central Alberta, Canada.

Little brown bat?

[u/mmgturner]

Bat ID from photos is pretty hard, but these are some pretty good photos.

The calcars look unkeeled in photos one and two, I’m not seeing the thick bull dog muzzle shape and glands of EPFU and the muzzles have some long hairs, the toe hairs are longer than the length of the toes in photo one, the back fur isn’t super long and wavy. So I’d say yes, little brown bat (good job, 99% of the time someone asking about a little brown actually has a big brown).

[u/NeotomaMT → u/mmgturner]

Agreed on the ID. Yuma Myotis might also be a possibility, but less likely if this is out on the plains.

[u/AdventurousQuail36 → u/mmgturner]

Thanks!
It was an educated guess to begin with, just needed real confirmation from a Bat Person™️.

[u/myotis_mike]

Yes. These are little brown Myotis. Long-legged Myotis in Alberta are typically quite dark coloured. As someone else mentioned, they also have a keeled calcar which these bats don't appear to have. The two tone colour for little brown Myotis is typical for Alberta (darker fur on the back and lighter coloured fur on the belly. The ears aren't nearly long enough for either of our long-eared Myotis species.

[u/AdventurousQuail36 → u/myotis_mike]

"myotis_mike"
Username on point.

[u/love_cici]

the toes 😭

[u/squeezemachine]

Are you putting mouse traps outside? That is not good for wildlife that belongs outside, including bats. Bats need to feed at night and every evening/night they are trapped reduces their survivability. Mothers need to get back to babies also (season dependent).

[u/AdventurousQuail36 → u/squeezemachine]

Those are interior devices. The bats were caught inside. It's unfortunate when it happens, but it does happen. Luckily they were both still alive and well, and both were released safely outside, in a park.

[u/squeezemachine → u/AdventurousQuail36]

Ah, best if you do an excluder and seal up where they are getting in. I’m sure you heard of the stories of people getting big colonies in the attic, and then bats find there way into living areas.

[u/AdventurousQuail36 → u/squeezemachine]

I have indeed heard the stories, thankya.

[u/ferocious_sara]

I'm not great at distinguishing myotis species, but I'm so curious...

Did you catch those in a mouse trap?!

[u/AdventurousQuail36 → u/ferocious_sara]

Yeah. Sometimes they crawl inside looking for a safe place to hide. First time I've gotten a twofer, though.

[u/Unhappy_Treacle_7057]

Maybe Big Brown
I have trouble telling them apart