Northern Long-eared Bat
Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Trogloxene

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from 58 counties across 10 states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia

Counties

Alabama

Bibb, Conecuh, DeKalb, Jackson

Arkansas

Baxter, Benton, Garland, Independence, Newton, Stone, Washington

Florida

Jackson

Georgia

Bartow, Dade, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Walker

Illinois

Pike, Pope

Kentucky

Adair, Breckinridge, Carter, Christian, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Hardin, Jackson, Lee, Letcher, Livingston, Meade, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Trigg, Warren, Wayne, Whitley

Oklahoma

Delaware

Pennsylvania

Bucks, Lycoming, Mifflin, Somerset

Tennessee

Bedford, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Fentress, Montgomery, Sevier, Sullivan, Union, Van Buren

Virginia

Lee

Ecology and life history

Genetics

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

NT Near Threatened

Assessed in 2018.

NatureServe

G2 Imperiled

National ranks

Canada

N3B Vulnerable (breeding), NNRN (non-breeding), NNRM (migrant)

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Nova Scotia

S1 Critically Imperiled

Quebec

S1 Critically Imperiled

New Brunswick

S1 Critically Imperiled

Yukon

S3B Vulnerable (breeding)

Saskatchewan

S3 Vulnerable

Alberta

S2 Imperiled

Prince Edward Island

S1 Critically Imperiled

Ontario

S3 Vulnerable

Northwest Territories

S2 Imperiled

British Columbia

S2 Imperiled

Manitoba

S3N Vulnerable (non-breeding), S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)

Newfoundland and Labrador

S2 Imperiled

Oklahoma

S2 Imperiled

Maryland

S1 Critically Imperiled

Florida

SH Possibly Extirpated

RI

S2 Imperiled

Wisconsin

S1 Critically Imperiled

ME

S1 Critically Imperiled

NJ

S1 Critically Imperiled

Virginia

S2 Imperiled

Montana

S1 Critically Imperiled

South Dakota

S2 Imperiled

Missouri

S1 Critically Imperiled

Indiana

S1 Critically Imperiled

Connecticut

S1 Critically Imperiled

Georgia

S1 Critically Imperiled

Alabama

S2 Imperiled

NH

S1 Critically Imperiled

Kansas

S3 Vulnerable

Illinois

S1 Critically Imperiled

Louisiana

S1 Critically Imperiled

New York

S1 Critically Imperiled

Ohio

S1 Critically Imperiled

Wyoming

S1B Critically Imperiled (breeding), S1N Critically Imperiled (non-breeding)

NE

S1 Critically Imperiled

ND

SU Unrankable

South Carolina

S1 Critically Imperiled

West Virginia

S1 Critically Imperiled

Pennsylvania

S1 Critically Imperiled

Arkansas

S1 Critically Imperiled

Kentucky

S1 Critically Imperiled

Vermont

S1 Critically Imperiled

DE

S1 Critically Imperiled

Tennessee

S1 Critically Imperiled

Mississippi

S1 Critically Imperiled

Massachusetts

S1 Critically Imperiled

Iowa

S4 Apparently Secure

North Carolina

S2 Imperiled

District of Columbia

S4 Apparently Secure

Michigan

S1 Critically Imperiled

Minnesota

S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act listed 2023

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