'Rabid Bat in Vermont' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Rabid Bat in Vermont

Found writhing on the ground on its back, this Big Brown Bat was collected by a Vermont game warden and later tested positive for rabies by a lab at the VT Department of Health.

9 October 2019

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Pawlet, Vermont, USA

Big Brown Bat

Eptesicus fuscus

iNaturalist Observation

MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

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