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title: "Southern Myotis"
description: "Myotis macropus — Ssaki. The large-footed myotis (Myotis macropus), also known as the southern myotis, is a species of vesper bat (Vespertilionidae) in the genus Myotis."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/southern-myotis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Myotis

> Myotis macropus — Ssaki. The large-footed myotis (Myotis macropus), also known as the southern myotis, is a species of vesper bat (Vespertilionidae) in the genus Myotis.

- Scientific name: *Myotis macropus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 245
- Wikidata: [Q3869104](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3869104)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74711](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74711)

## Names

- en: Southern Myotis
- de: Südliche Langfußfledermaus

## Countries with the most observations

AU (167)

## Summary

The large-footed myotis (Myotis macropus), also known as the southern myotis, is a species of vesper bat (Vespertilionidae) in the genus Myotis. It is one of only two Australian "fishing" bats and feeds by trawling its specially adapted feet along the water's surface for aquatic invertebrates and fish.

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

## Photo

![Southern Myotis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-myotis/medium.jpg)

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336345672

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-myotis?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).