From the Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri’s 14 species of bats include:
- Little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) (vulnerable to extirpation from Missouri and to extinction globally)
- Gray myotis (Myotis grisescens) (Missouri and federally endangered)
- Southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) (critically imperiled in Missouri; vulnerable/apparently secure globally)
- Northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) (endangered in Missouri; threatened federally)
- Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis) (Missouri and federally endangered)
- Eastern small-footed myotis (Myotis leibii) (imperiled in Missouri; critically imperiled/vulnerable to extinction globally)
- Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) (vulnerable to extirpation from Missouri; secure globally)
- Tri-colored bat (eastern pipistrelle) (Perimyotis subflavus)
- Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
- Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis)
- Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
- Evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis)
- Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) (critically imperiled in Missouri; vulnerable/apparently secure globally)
Additionally, there are three species of possible occurrence in Missouri:
- The Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) is highly migratory and apparently occurs only accidentally in Missouri. Its range is mostly in the southern half of the United States and most of Mexico.
- The big free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) might occur occasionally in Missouri, especially in the fall. Its range is mostly in the southwestern United States and Mexico.
- The Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus) occurs only accidentally in southern Missouri; we are in the northwestern edge of its range and are most likely to see this species in summer.
