Black Bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Chiroptera |
| Family | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus | Lasionycteris |
| Species | Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Arkansas.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas
Counties
- Arkansas
- Pike
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2019.
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N3 Vulnerable
- Canada
- N5B Secure (breeding), NUN (non-breeding), NUM (migrant)
Subnational ranks
- Mississippi
- S3 Vulnerable
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Idaho
- S3 Vulnerable
- Arizona
- S3 Vulnerable
- Montana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Illinois
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nevada
- S3 Vulnerable
- Alaska
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Washington
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- S2M Imperiled (migrant)
- Vermont
- S2B Imperiled (breeding)
- Kentucky
- S4M Apparently Secure (migrant)
- California
- S3 Vulnerable
- Indiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- SUB (breeding), S4N Apparently Secure (non-breeding)
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Navajo Nation
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nebraska
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Carolina
- S3 Vulnerable
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Colorado
- S3 Vulnerable
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- S2B Imperiled (breeding)
- Delaware
- SU Unrankable
- District of Columbia
- S4N Apparently Secure (non-breeding)
- Missouri
- S3 Vulnerable
- Connecticut
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Oregon
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wisconsin
- S3 Vulnerable
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Maryland
- SU Unrankable
- New Jersey
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Maine
- SU Unrankable
- Rhode Island
- SU Unrankable
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- S2 Imperiled
- Utah
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- New Mexico
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Massachusetts
- S2 Imperiled
- New Hampshire
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Kansas
- SNA Not Applicable
- South Dakota
- S3 Vulnerable
- New Brunswick
- SUB (breeding), S1M Critically Imperiled (migrant)
- Manitoba
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Alberta
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding), SNRM (migrant)
- Northwest Territories
- SU Unrankable
- British Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Saskatchewan
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Quebec
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- SUB (breeding), S1M Critically Imperiled (migrant)
- Ontario
- S3 Vulnerable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Heath, D.R., Saugey, D.A. & Heidt, G.A. 1986. Abandoned mine fauna of the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 40: 33–36.
How to cite this account
Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2553. https://cavebiology.org/species/lasionycteris-noctivagans/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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