Seminole Bat

Lasiurus seminolus

Comes in varying shades of brown from milk chocolate to this male’s 80% cacao. Some are similar to eastern reds in coloration (there is some interbreeding) but typically have a darker muzzle. Their epaulets and wrist patches are usually a creamy white, but sometimes are similar to the eastern red’s snowy white.

Molasses-colored bodies, some with tweedy grey guard hairs, and a mahogany tail. Once thought to mainly roost in Spanish moss, they also roost in pine trees where, when hanging by one foot with their furry tail wrapped around them, they bear a close resemblance to pine cones.