The Ozark big-eared bat once lived in caves in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. However, they have apparently abandoned their Missouri habitat due to human encroachment and cave disturbance.

Rafinesque’s big-eared bats are found in bottomland hardwoods ... The bat has adapted well to human structures. In forested settings, evening bats use cavities and sloughing bark as roost ...

The ears, wing and tail membranes are black ... This is no longer true, and it may be that the increase in human dwellings and abandoned mines has enabled the big brown bat to expand its populations ...

Closure of caves to human activity and other protective measures for ... Forest — just a few miles away from a major hibernating site for Virginia big-eared and Indiana bats — the Bureau withdrew the ...

"Florida’s 13 bat species typically roost in trees, caves or other natural spaces, but are sometimes attracted to human-made ... (endangered), big brown, Rarinesque's big-eared, hoary and ...