Eastern Small-Footed Myotis Bat2019-01-04T13:09:46-04:00


eastern small-footed myotis bat

Eastern Small-Footed Myotis Bat
credit: MerlinTuttle.org

Family: Vespertilionidae

Genus: Myotis

Species: leibii

Pronunciation: my-oh-tis lee-bee-eye



“Females usually give birth once a year, sometime between May and July. Mating is usually in late summer or fall but occasionally happens in winter instead. Scientists don’t know much about their breeding behavior, but they are often found in large groups of mostly females when they give birth. These are called maternity colonies.”


“When they are born, eastern small-footed bats weigh 20 to 35% of their mother’s weight. This is large for a newborn baby, so the mother only has one at a time. This is probably because it would be too hard to get enough food for more than one baby at the same time. Males and females are the same size when they are born.”

List Of Bats In The US And Canada

Big Brown Bat

Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat

Eastern Red Bat

Eastern Small Footed Myotis Bat

Evening Bat

Florida Bonneted Bat

Hoary Bat

Indiana Myotis Bat

Lesser Long-Nosed Bat

Little Brown Bat

Mexican Long-Nosed Bat

Northern Long-Eared Myotis Bat

Northern Yellow Bat

Rafinesque’s Big-Eared Bat

Seminole Bat

Silver-Haired Bat

Tri-Colored Bat (Eastern Pipistrelle)
