Nebraska mammals

Fringed Myotis in Nebraska

Myotis thysanodes

Native to Nebraska SNR Unranked in Nebraska

Not listed as nonindigenous in Nebraska by USGS NAS; native to its Nebraska range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Fringed Myotis in Nebraska, by the numbers

Rare in Nebraska 68th most recorded of 95 mammals logged in Nebraska

16 occurrence records
5 with iNaturalist photos
Sep 26, 2024 Last seen in Nebraska

Records from 2000–2026.

When to look for the Fringed Myotis in Nebraska

Most sightings fall in July to August.

16 Nebraska occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence. Based on a small number of dated records; the seasonal pattern may not be representative.

Monthly Nebraska records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March0
April0
May1
June1
July5
August7
September2
October0
November0
December0

Monthly fringed myotis occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nebraska, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nebraska, with recorded sightings peaking in July–August.

Occurrence map

Where Fringed Myotis has been recorded in Nebraska

16 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

16 Nebraska records mapped

Where it's recorded in Nebraska

CountyRecords
Scotts Bluff County 6
Banner County 6
Dawes County 3
Kimball County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 4 Nebraska counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Fringed myotis carry no NatureServe state rank in Nebraska, SNR unranked, despite the species’ G4 global rank suggesting a reasonably secure range-wide status; every one of the state’s 16 records appears in GBIF, with only 5 also logged on iNaturalist, meaning specimen and cave-survey data dominate what’s documented about this bat here.

August alone accounts for 7 of the state’s 16 records, close to half the total, tracking the weeks when maternity colonies are still active in the rock crevices and buttes of western Nebraska this species favors for roosting; the record shows nothing at all outside the May-through-September window.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Nebraska in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries