Oklahoma mammals

Pallid Bat in Oklahoma

Antrozous pallidus

Native to Oklahoma S3 Vulnerable in Oklahoma

Not listed as nonindigenous in Oklahoma by USGS NAS; native to its Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, by the numbers

Occasional in Oklahoma 78th most recorded of 120 mammals logged in Oklahoma

59 occurrence records
23 with iNaturalist photos
May 4, 2026 Last seen in Oklahoma

Records from 2000–2026.

59 total records count every Oklahoma occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 54; the monthly chart covers the 54 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Pallid Bat in Oklahoma

Most sightings fall in July.

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

Monthly Oklahoma records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March0
April1
May7
June7
July18
August9
September8
October4
November0
December0

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

Seasonality

Year-round in Oklahoma, with recorded sightings peaking in July.

Occurrence map

Where Pallid Bat has been recorded in Oklahoma

54 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

53 Oklahoma records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
CLO Lands 10
Black Mesa State Park & Nature Preserve 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 Oklahoma

CountyRecords
Cimarron County 32
Woodward County 9
Woods County 6
Payne County 1
Comanche County 1
Other localities 10

The complete county distribution, spread across 5 Oklahoma counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Pallid bats carry a NatureServe S3 vulnerable rank in Oklahoma, and the record leans heavily toward GBIF (53 of 76 combined records) over iNaturalist, suggesting survey work, not casual sightings, documents most of what’s known about this ground-foraging bat here.

July alone accounts for 8 of the year’s 22 monthly-tallied sightings, more than a third of the total, with additional bumps in May (4) and September (4); the record shows nothing from January through April or in any winter month, consistent with a species that’s most detectable during the warm months when it forages low over open ground for insects.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Oklahoma 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"