Texas mammals

Seminole Bat in Texas

Lasiurus seminolus

Native to Texas S3 Vulnerable in Texas

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

Seminole Bat in Texas, by the numbers

Occasional in Texas 123rd most recorded of 197 mammals logged in Texas

114 occurrence records
27 with iNaturalist photos
Jun 9, 2026 Last seen in Texas

When to look for the Seminole Bat in Texas

Most sightings fall in June to July.

114 Texas occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Texas records (table)
MonthRecords
January5
February2
March8
April4
May3
June24
July28
August15
September9
October6
November9
December1

Monthly seminole bat occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Texas.

Seasonality

Year-round in Texas, with recorded sightings peaking in June–July.

Occurrence map

Where Seminole Bat has been recorded in Texas

114 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

114 Texas records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Big Thicket National Preserve 7

Protected places with the most seminole 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 Texas

CountyRecords
Harris County 19
Tyler County 17
Jasper County 13
Polk County 11
San Jacinto County 9
Newton County 7
Angelina County 6
Montgomery County 3
Walker County 2
Panola County 2
Fort Bend County 2
Travis County 1
22 other counties 22

The complete county distribution, spread across 34 Texas counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Seminole bat records in Texas concentrate around the Trinity and Brazos river corridors and Caddo National Grasslands, wooded bottomlands where this bat can find the hanging Spanish moss and leaf clusters it prefers for daytime roosting instead of caves or buildings.

Reports peak hard in early summer, with June and July together holding 52 of the state’s 114 records, a pattern that likely tracks maternity-roost season and more warm-weather bat surveys rather than a true population swing.

NatureServe ranks the species S3, Vulnerable, in Texas, distinct from its Secure (G5) global standing, so the state-level picture carries more caution than the worldwide one. The most recent listed sighting was in June 2026.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

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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"