South Carolina mammals

Evening Bat in South Carolina

Nycticeius humeralis

Native to South Carolina S5 Secure in South Carolina

Not listed as nonindigenous in South Carolina by USGS NAS; native to its South Carolina range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Evening Bat in South Carolina, by the numbers

Common in South Carolina 37th most recorded of 108 mammals logged in South Carolina

75 occurrence records
33 with iNaturalist photos
Jun 12, 2026 Last seen in South Carolina

Records from 2000–2026.

When to look for the Evening Bat in South Carolina

Most sightings fall in June.

75 South Carolina occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly South Carolina records (table)
MonthRecords
January1
February0
March2
April2
May14
June26
July15
August9
September3
October0
November1
December2

Monthly evening bat occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in South Carolina, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in South Carolina, with recorded sightings peaking in June.

Occurrence map

Where Evening Bat has been recorded in South Carolina

75 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

75 South Carolina records mapped

Where it's recorded in South Carolina

CountyRecords
Charleston County 33
Aiken County 10
Horry County 7
Beaufort County 5
Calhoun County 3
Anderson County 2
Dorchester County 2
Richland County 1
Kershaw County 1
Greenville County 1
Florence County 1
Orangeburg County 1
2 other counties 8

The complete county distribution, spread across 14 South Carolina counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Evening bats carry a NatureServe S5 secure rank in South Carolina, and the record leans toward GBIF (58 of 75 records) over iNaturalist, suggesting survey work, not just casual sightings, documents much of what’s known about this colonial bat here.

June alone accounts for 26 of the 75 records, close to a third of the entire year’s total, tracking the maternity-colony season when females roost together to raise pups; the record falls to near-zero from October through December as the species becomes far less detectable heading into winter.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in South Carolina in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries