Arizona mammals

Western Little Brown Myotis in Arizona

Myotis lucifugus

Native to Arizona

Not listed as nonindigenous in Arizona by USGS NAS; treated as native to its mapped Arizona range.

IUCN Red List status

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

EN – Endangered

Very high risk of extinction in the wild.

Western Little Brown Myotis in Arizona, by the numbers

Rare in Arizona 148th most recorded of 158 mammals logged in Arizona

35 occurrence records

Records from 2000–2026.

When to look for the Western Little Brown Myotis in Arizona

Most sightings fall in May.

35 Arizona occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Arizona records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March0
April4
May30
June1
July0
August0
September0
October0
November0
December0

Monthly western little brown myotis occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Arizona, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Arizona, with recorded sightings peaking in May.

Occurrence map

Where Western Little Brown Myotis has been recorded in Arizona

35 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

35 Arizona records mapped

Where it's recorded in Arizona

CountyRecords
Yavapai County 21
Pima County 12
Gila County 1
Cochise County 1

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

Western little brown myotis has no confirmed occurrence record in this Arizona dataset, tying it for the rarest position statewide. The species’ core range and its steepest declines are farther north and east, where white-nose syndrome has devastated hibernating colonies; Arizona sits at the marginal southern edge of its range.

A zero-record showing here is consistent with a species that was never common in Arizona to begin with, layered on top of the sharp, ongoing declines that have earned it a global Endangered listing from the IUCN.

More mammals in Arizona 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
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries