North Dakota mammals

Long-legged Myotis in North Dakota

Myotis volans

Native to North Dakota SU Unrankable in North Dakota

Not listed as nonindigenous in North Dakota by USGS NAS; native to its North Dakota 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.

Long-legged myotis roosting on tree bark with wings foldedAI-generated image: Long-legged myotis roosting on tree bark. No additional license-safe photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracyAI-generated image: Long-legged myotis tucked under a loose bark flap. No additional license-safe photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0Long-legged myotis roosting on tree bark with wings foldedAI-generated image No additional license-safe photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracyLong-legged myotis roosting on tree barkAI-generated image No additional license-safe photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracyLong-legged myotis tucked under a loose bark flap

Long-legged Myotis in North Dakota, by the numbers

Rare in North Dakota 81st most recorded of 92 mammals logged in North Dakota

Records from 2000–2026.

Seasonality

No dated North Dakota records from 2000 to 2026.

North Dakota is the eastern edge of the long-legged myotis’s world, and the state has no dated records of it from 2000 to 2026 in iNaturalist or GBIF. The specimen records that place it in McHenry and Ward counties in the north-central part of the state, and in Billings County in the far western badlands, fall outside that window.

A record that thin almost always says something about effort rather than the animal. Whether the bat still uses the state’s wooded pockets is a question the record can’t answer yet, and NatureServe lists the species’ North Dakota status as unrankable for exactly this kind of reason: not enough data to judge.

Occurrence data from GBIF.

Long-legged myotis roosting on tree bark with wings folded
Full species profile Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Size 8.3–10.6 cm3.3–4.2 in Weight 6–10 g0.2–0.4 oz Lifespan 21 yr View the full profile

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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