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title: "Little Brown Bat"
description: "Myotis lucifugus — Mammiferi. The little brown bat or little brown myotis is an endangered species of mouse-eared microbat found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/little-brown-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Brown Bat

> Myotis lucifugus — Mammiferi. The little brown bat or little brown myotis is an endangered species of mouse-eared microbat found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Myotis lucifugus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 3309
- Wikidata: [Q746127](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746127)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40346](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40346)

## Names

- en: Little Brown Bat
- de: Kleine Braune Fledermaus
- es: Miotis norteamericano
- fr: Murin brun
- nl: Kleine bruine vleermuis
- pl: Nocek myszouchy

## Countries with the most observations

CA (613), US (560)

## Summary

The little brown bat or little brown myotis is an endangered species of mouse-eared microbat found in North America. It has a small body size and glossy brown fur. It is similar in appearance to several other mouse-eared bats, including the Indiana bat, northern long-eared bat, and Arizona myotis, to which it is closely related. Despite its name, the little brown bat is not closely related to the big brown bat, which belongs to a different genus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_brown_bat

## Photo

![Little Brown Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-brown-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kent P. McFarland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164238

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/little-brown-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).