Cave myotis: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Cave myotis Myotis velifer Least concern

Where the cave myotis lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 1,364 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Myotis velifer
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	3 g (birth weight); 12 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the cave myotis live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the cave myotis in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a cave myotis?

Wikidata records the following for the cave myotis: mass 3 g (birth weight); 12 g (adult weight).

Is the cave myotis endangered?

The cave myotis’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the cave myotis?

The cave myotis (Myotis velifer) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Myotis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the cave myotis

The cave myotis (Myotis velifer) is a species of vesper bat (Vespertilionidae) in the genus Myotis.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cave myotis (revision 1380852350), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1839640 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).