Nevada mammals

Pallid Bat in Nevada

Antrozous pallidus

Native to Nevada S3 Vulnerable in Nevada

Not listed as nonindigenous in Nevada by USGS NAS; native to its Nevada 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.

Pallid Bat in Nevada, by the numbers

Occasional in Nevada 79th most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

124 occurrence records
34 with iNaturalist photos
May 22, 2026 Last seen in Nevada

Records from 2000–2026.

124 total records count every Nevada occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the monthly chart covers the 122 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Pallid Bat in Nevada

Most sightings fall in May to June.

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

Monthly Nevada records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February1
March2
April16
May33
June23
July9
August30
September3
October2
November1
December2

Monthly pallid bat occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nevada, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nevada, with recorded sightings peaking in May–June, with a smaller rise in August.

Occurrence map

Where Pallid Bat has been recorded in Nevada

124 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

124 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Gold Butte National Monument 3
Great Basin National Park 1
Mormon Mountains Wilderness Area 1
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument 1
Lake Mead National Recreation Area 1
Valley of Fire State Park 1

Protected places with the most pallid bat sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Nevada

CountyRecords
Nye County 47
Clark County 30
Lyon County 21
Churchill County 10
White Pine County 6
Esmeralda County 6
Lander County 1
Lincoln County 1
Washoe County 1
Humboldt County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 10 Nevada counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Nevada records for the pallid bat are anchored by Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.

These sites place the Nevada record pattern firmly in the state’s southern desert country. The protected lands also span springs, canyons, and open basin terrain. The monthly pattern is fairly spread out rather than confined to one Nevada season. It tracks observer records and shouldn’t be read as a population count.

The file combines 34 research-grade iNaturalist records and 111 GBIF records. Those 145 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s native to Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Nevada 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
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"