Myotis lucifugus

(Le Conte in McMurtrie, 1831)

Little Brown Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Pizonyx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

McMurtrie, H. 1831. The Animal Kingdom, Arranged in Conformity with its Organization, by the Baron Cuvier. Volume I. G. & C. & H. Carvill, New York, 448 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834562

Original name as described

Vespertilio lucifugus

Other common names

Little Brown Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.534 (= USNM:MAMM:4741)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/db154e00-257a-456e-8c68-4884ded3d8d7

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by G. S. Miller, Jr. in 1897 to "Georgia, probably southern Liberty County," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,ND,SD,NE,MN,KS,IA,MO,MI,WI,IL,IN,OH,KY,OK,TX,AR,LA,MS,AL,GA,FL,TN,SC,NC,VA,DC,WV,MD,DE,NJ,PA,NY,CT,RI,MA,VT,NH,ME,WA,OR,CA,UT,NV,AZ,NM,CO,WY,MT,ID)

Taxonomy notes

tentatively includes alascensis, carissima, pernox, and relictus as subspecies/junior synonyms on the recommendation of Francis et al. (2022) given the current lack of conclusive evidence regarding their genetic distinctiveness, contra the previous conclusion of Morales & Carstens (2018)

Taxonomy notes citation

Morales, A. E., & Carstens, B. C. (2018). Evidence that Myotis lucifugus "subspecies" are five nonsister species, despite gene flow. Systematic Biology, 67(5), 756-769. · Francis, C. M. and Simmons, N. B. on behalf of the G. B. T. W. G. of the IUCN SSC Bat Specialist Group (2022). On the taxonomy of Myotis lucifugus. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7338575

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005432

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Myotis (Leuconoë) carissima

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

carissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.25.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff6e8e7f-b926-476f-ba2b-81a0f2d1073b

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108468

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Vespertilio lucifugus

(Le Conte in McMurtrie, 1831)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lucifugus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.534 (= USNM:MAMM:4741)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/db154e00-257a-456e-8c68-4884ded3d8d7

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834562

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Vespertilio brevirostris

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1862)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7055722

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis albicinctus

G. M. Allen, 1919

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albicinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:11747

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:11747

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52847961

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio gryphus

(F. Cuvier, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gryphus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-1880-1878

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1880-1878

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122266

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio salarii

(F. Cuvier, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

salarii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A6749

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a6749

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122265

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis yumanensis altipetens

H. W. Grinnell, 1916

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

altipetens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:23034

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:23034

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29558547

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis lucifugus relictus

A. H. Harris, 1974

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

relictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:47335

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

598

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis baileyi

Hollister, 1909

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:125787

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35bd8c638-31f3-4116-95b1-301818eb35b6

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329984

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis pernox

Hollister, 1911

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pernox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:174134

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e84bc294-fa9e-48ba-9f9e-e10e53c9f103

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813572

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Vespertilio affinis

(H. Allen, 1864)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:5342

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d67e8a59-08ca-4876-b64c-74e1d79572ab

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817115

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis lucifugus alascensis

G. S. Miller, 1897

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alascensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:77416

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31c5dcf76-ceeb-4446-bf98-04b94e0b5a48

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540554

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vespertilio Caroli

(H. R. Schinz, 1844)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

caroli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

181

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Schinz (1844:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Myotis lucifugus carissima

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

carissima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806306

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:369, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis lucifugus

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lucifugus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

368

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806305

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Orr (1949:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14176/208031565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis lucifugus lucifugus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lucifugus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis lucifugus pernox

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pernox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis lucifugus carissimus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

carissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

927

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vespertilio crassus

(F. Cuvier, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

crassus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122263

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio domesticus

(Green, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

domesticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

290

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio lanceolatus

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1839)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lanceolatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

364

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio carolii

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

carolii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio Virginianus

(Audubon & Bachman, 1841)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

virginianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779195

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1844:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis bayleyi

Lydekker, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bayleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Zoological Record

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