• Question: do you shed your fur in the summer?

    Asked by iamgroot to Daubenton's bat on 20 Nov 2017.
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      Daubenton's Bat answered on 20 Nov 2017:


      I go through a moult in June/July where I shed my old fur as new fur grows and this usually starts form the back of my head (so I don’t go not bald!). Young bats, juveniles, can have a slightly different colouring and depending when they are born may moult in autumn or in early spring when they come out of hibernation.

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