SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Detailed explanation-1: -The gray bat occurs in limestone karst areas, meaning a landscape marked by caves, sinkholes, springs and other features, of the southeastern and midwestern United States. It is estimated that more than 95% of the species range-wide population hibernate in only 15 caves.
Detailed explanation-2: -This species can be found in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Information, n.d.). In Florida, the gray bat is only found in the Panhandle.
Detailed explanation-3: -M. grisescens has been listed as federally endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1976, and is protected under the Endangered Species Act. Gray bat populations were estimated at approximately 2 million bats around the time they were placed on the Endangered Species list.
Detailed explanation-4: -The gray bat is a federally endangered bat that is a cave specialist, roosting only in cave systems. The grey bat has a very restricted range in Florida, only occurring in a single county in the northwest panhandle, and populations appear to be declining.