Courtship & Rearing Young

Gray myotis (Myotis grisescens) mating in a Tennessee cave. In this case the male on the female's right is attempting to displace the protesting male who had already begun copulation. A third male is watching the fight, hoping that the combatants will fall from the wall, leaving the female for him. The female simply waited. Courtship & Rearing Young

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Gray myotis (Myotis grisescens) mating in a Tennessee cave. In this case the male on the female's right is attempting to displace the protesting male who had already begun copulation. A third male is watching the fight, hoping that the combatants will fall from the wall, leaving the female for him. The female simply waited. Courtship & Rearing Young

1992 Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation North America copulating courtship endangered species gray myotis Myotis grisescens males fighting

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Courtship & Rearing Young