What is Silver-haired bat?
{{Taxobox | image = Lasionycteris noctivagans1.jpg | name = Silver-haired bat | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN|last1=Arroyo-Cabrales J. |display-authors = etal |year=2008|title=''Lasionycteris noctivagans''|id=11339|accessdate=7 February 2010|version=2009.2}}</ref> | regnum = [[Animalia]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Chiroptera]] | familia = [[Vespertilionidae]] | genus = ''Lasionycteris'' | binomial = ''Lasionycteris noctivagans''}} The '''silver-haired bat''' (''Lasionycteris noctivagans'') is a [[species]] of [[bat]]. It is the only member of the [[genus]] ''Lasionycteris''.<ref name = MSW3>{{citation|author=Simmons N.B.|year=2005|contribution-url=http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13802336|contribution=Order Chiroptera|editor=Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA499|title=Mammal species of the world|edition=3rd|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|page=499|isbn=978-0-8018-8221-0|oclc=62265494}}</ref> The bat is found in [[Bermuda]], [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], and the [[United States]]. They are the most common bat in forested areas in the United States. Silver-haired bats are also called Silverwings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.batconservation.org/content/Silverhairedinfo.html|title=The silver-haired bat (''Lasionycteris noctivagans'')|publisher=Organization for Bat Conservation|access-date=2012-11-11|archive-date=2009-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720074055/http://www.batconservation.org/content/Silverhairedinfo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Description == Silver-haired bats are nearly black. They have silvery-tipped hairs on their back. It's a medium-sized, heavily furred bat. It weighs around 8-12 grams. Its total length is around 100 mm on average, its tail being 40 mm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/lasinoct.htm |title=Silver-haired Bat |publisher=The Mammals of Texas - Online Edition}}</ref> == Distribution and Habitat == Silver-haired bat is found