Evening Bat
Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Chiroptera |
| Family | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus | Nycticeius |
| Species | Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Conecuh
- Arkansas
- Independence
- Kentucky
- Christian, Garrard, Powell
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2019.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S2 Imperiled
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- District of Columbia
- S2B Imperiled (breeding)
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Indiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- North Carolina
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Mississippi
- SNRB (breeding), SNRN (non-breeding)
- Michigan
- S2 Imperiled
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S3 Vulnerable
- Iowa
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Wisconsin
- S3 Vulnerable
- Maryland
- SUB (breeding), SUN (non-breeding)
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kansas
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
How to cite this account
Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2720. https://cavebiology.org/species/nycticeius-humeralis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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