Arizona adds endangered bat to list of night-flying creatures that frequent the state

FILE - A Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) hangs from agave flowers in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in July 2022. (Chris Galloway/Horizonline Pictures/Bat Conservation International via AP) FILE - A Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) feeds on agave nectar in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in July 2022. (Chris Galloway/Horizonline Pictures/Bat Conservation International via AP)

Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been elusive.