Myotis lucifugus (LeConte)

Little Brown Bat

Don Linzey & Christy Brecht
Wytheville Community College
Wytheville, Virginia 24382


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Myotis lucifugus -- Little Brown Bat

Last updated: 26 November, 2005

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Species Description

left lateral view of
skull and mandible
dorsal view of skull ventral view of skull

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Myotis lucifugus

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Phylogeny

Taxonomic Category Scientific Name Common Name
Phylum Chordata Chordates
Class Mammalia Mammals
Order Chiroptera Bats
Family Vespertilionidae Bats
Subfamily Vespertilioninae Bats

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Geographic distribution

The little brown bat is found from Alaska across Canada and the United States as far south as southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, southeastern Oklahoma, northern Alabama, and northern Georgia.

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Habitat

All of the park's caves provide critically important habitats for bats. During the summer, these bats are usually found in buildings, towers, hollow trees, beneath the loose bark of trees, in crevices of cliffs, and beneath bridges. During winter, these colonial bats move into caves and abandoned mines where they either hang individually or in small clusters of 25 to 30.

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Natural History

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Conservation Biology

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Links to Other Sites

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Acknowledgements

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