The Florida bonneted bat lives nowhere outside Florida, and its S1 statewide rank marks it critically imperiled here and globally (G1). Of its 134 documented records, only Big Cypress National Preserve turns up as a named site, and even that entry carries just a single record, a sign of how thin the state’s documentation still is for a bat that isn’t easy to survey.
Monthly reports rise to their highest point in April, with July and June close behind as the next-busiest months. That April peak likely reflects when the species is easiest to detect by call or capture, not a true seasonal population shift.
