 In 1978, the "Myotis" bats of Tres Marías Islands were elevated to species level, receiving the name "Myotis findleyi".It was given the species name "findleyi" to honor James Smith Findley, a mammalogist and the former Curator of Mammals at the University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology.Findley was honored "in recognition of his work on bats of the genus "Myotis"."