Affected Species

Currently, ten hibernating species have been affected by White-nose Syndrome or documented with the WNS-fungus.

big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus	eastern small-footed myotis Myotis leibii	little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus
northern myotis Myotis septentrionalis	Indiana myotis Myotis sodalis (federally endangered)	tri-colored bat Perimyotis subflavus
gray myotis Myotis grisescens (federally endangered)	cave myotis Myotis velifer	southeastern myotis Myotis austroriparius
Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus (federally endangered)

White-nose Syndrome has now reached significant hibernation sites of the gray myotis, another federally endangered species, and Virginia big-eared bats, an endangered subspecies. Endangered Gray bats have been confirmed with the disease, but no fatalities have been reported yet. Virginia big-eared bats have been confirmed with the fungus, but the disease so far hasn't manifested in this subspecies of Townsend's big-eared bats.  According to the USGS, 25 of the 47 U.S. bat species hibernate in caves and mines and thus could be affected by White-nose Syndrome in the future.

Photos © Merlin D. Tuttle, BCI