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 151st most recorded of 158 mammals logged in Arizona

Records from 2000–2026.

Seasonality

No dated Arizona records from 2000 to 2026.

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