Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831) . In McMurtie, Animal Kingdom, l(App.):431.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Georgia, Liberty Co., near Riceboro .

DISTRIBUTION: Alaska (USA) to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to Distrito Federal (Mexico).

SYNONYMS: affinis, alascensis, albicinctus, altipetens, baileyi, brevirostris, carissima, carolii, crassus, domesticus, gryphus, lanceolatus, occultus, pernox, relictus, salarii, virginianus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Leuconoe . Includes occultus; see Findley and Jones (1967). Hybridizes with yumanensis in some areas; see Parkinson (1979), but see Herd and Fenton (1983). See Fenton and Barclay (1980, Mammalian Species, 142).