Common Name
Indiana Myotis
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Species Name
Myotis sodalis
Status
Endangered
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Vermont
West Virginia
Distribution
New Hampshire to Florida panhandle, west to Wisconsin and Oklahoma
Notes
Federally endangered. Grayish-brown; hibernates in huge, isolated colonies.
Illinois
90% of population occupies five caves in surrounding states
Ohio
90% of population occupies five caves in surrounding states
Oklahoma
Nearest permanent populations are in Missouri & Arkansas.