ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE

PROTECTION STATUS: Endangered

RANGE: Southern Florida, excluding the Florida Keys

CRITICAL HABITAT: 1.5 million acres proposed in 2020

THREATS: Climate change effects (particularly sea-level rise and storm surges), development, pesticide application, logging

POPULATION TREND: According to the International Union of Conservation of Nature's Red List, Florida bonneted bat numbers are decreasing.

Florida bonneted bat courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Kathleen Smith