Eastern small-footed myotis carry a NatureServe S2 imperiled rank in New York, and the IUCN lists the species globally Endangered, both reflecting the severe toll white-nose syndrome has taken on this already naturally scarce bat since the disease first emerged at a New York hibernaculum in 2006. The record leans toward GBIF (25 of 30 records), meaning cave and hibernaculum surveys, not casual sightings, document most of what’s known here.
February and March together account for 12 of the 30 records, 40 percent of the total, tracking the late-winter window when this species is still detectable at hibernacula before dispersing to scattered rock-crevice summer roosts; June and December show zero records.
