Bats of India
191 bats are on the India list, 16 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 7 Endangered and 8 Vulnerable).
The India list: every species documented from India, across sources. Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for bats yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened bats of India (16)
- Hipposideros hypophyllus Kolar Roundleaf Bat CR
- Hipposideros nicobarulae Nicobar Roundleaf Bat EN
- Hipposideros pomona Pomona Roundleaf Bat EN
- Latidens salimalii Salim Ali's Fruit Bat EN
- Miniopterus fuscus Southeast Asian Long-fingered Bat EN
- Pteropus faunulus Nicobar Flying-fox EN
- Pteropus mariannus Mariana Flying-fox EN
- Rhinolophus cognatus Andaman horseshoe bat EN
- Hipposideros durgadasi Durga Das's Roundleaf Bat VU
- Miniopterus schreibersii Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat VU
- Myotis pilosus Rickett's Big-footed Myotis VU
- Myotis sicarius Mandelli's mouse-eared bat VU
- Pteropus chrysoproctus Moluccan Flying-fox VU
- Pteropus dasymallus Ryukyu Flying-fox VU
- Pteropus lylei Lyle's Flying-fox VU
- Pteropus melanotus Black-eared Flying-fox VU
All bats of India on the list (191)
- Arielulus circumdatus Bronze Sprite
- Artibeus lituratus Great Fruit-eating Bat
- Asellia tridens Geoffroy's Trident Leaf-nosed Bat
- Austronomus australis White-striped Free-tailed Bat
- Barbastella darjelingensis
- Barbastella leucomelas Eastern Barbastelle
- Chaerephon plicatus Wrinkle-lipped Bat
- Cheiromeles torquatus Greater Naked Bat
- Coelops frithii East Asian Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat NT
- Cynopterus brachyotis Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
- Cynopterus horsfieldii Horsfield’s Fruit Bat
- Cynopterus sphinx Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
- Cynopterus titthaecheilus Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat
- Emballonura monticola lesser sheath-tailed bat
- Eonycteris spelaea Lesser Dawn Bat
- Eptesicus fuscus Big Brown Bat
- Eptesicus gobiensis Gobi Big Brown Bat
- Eptesicus ognevi
- Eptesicus pachyomus Oriental Serotine
- Eptesicus pachyotis Thick-eared Bat
- Eptesicus serotinus Serotine Bat
- Eptesicus tatei Sombre Bat DD
- Glischropus meghalayanus
- Harpiocephalus harpia Hairy-winged Bat
- Harpiola grisea Peter's Tube-nosed Bat DD
- Harpiola isodon Golden-haired Tube-nosed Bat
- Hesperoptenus tickelli Tickell's bat
- Hipposideros armiger Great Roundleaf Bat
- Hipposideros ater Dusky Roundleaf Bat
- Hipposideros bicolor bicolored roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros brachyotus
- Hipposideros cf
- Hipposideros cineraceus ashy roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros diadema Diadem Roundleaf Bat
- Hipposideros durgadasi Durga Das's Roundleaf Bat VU
- Hipposideros fulvus fulvus roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros galeritus Cantor's roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros gentilis
- Hipposideros hypophyllus Kolar Roundleaf Bat CR
- Hipposideros lankadiva Indian roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros larvatus intermediate roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros lylei Shield-faced Roundleaf Bat
- Hipposideros nicobarulae Nicobar Roundleaf Bat EN
- Hipposideros pomona Pomona Roundleaf Bat EN
- Hipposideros speoris Schneider's roundleaf bat
- Hypsugo affinis
- Hypsugo alaschanicus
- Hypsugo cadornae Cadorna's pipistrelle
- Hypsugo imbricatus Brown pipistrelle
- Hypsugo macrotis Big-eared Pipistrelle DD
- Hypsugo mordax
- Hypsugo savii Savi's Pipistrelle
- Ia io Great Evening Bat NT
- Kerivoula crypta
- Kerivoula furva
- Kerivoula hardwickii Hardwicke's woolly bat
- Kerivoula kachinensis Kachin Woolly Bat
- Kerivoula lenis Lenis Woolly Bat
- Kerivoula papillosa Papillose woolly bat
- Kerivoula picta Painted Bat NT
- Kerivoula titania Titania's Woolly Bat
- Khasian leaf-nosed
- Latidens salimalii Salim Ali's Fruit Bat EN
- Lyroderma lyra
- Macroglossus sobrinus Greater Long-tongued Fruit Bat
- Megaderma spasma Lesser false vampire bat
- Megaerops ecaudatus Temminck's Tailless Fruit Bat
- Megaerops niphanae Ratanaworabhan's Fruit Bat
- Miniopterus blepotis
- Miniopterus fuliginosus Eastern Bent-winged Bat
- Miniopterus fuscus Southeast Asian Long-fingered Bat EN
- Miniopterus magnater Western Bent-winged Bat
- Miniopterus orianae
- Miniopterus phillipsi
- Miniopterus pusillus Small Bent-winged Bat
- Miniopterus schreibersii Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat VU
- Miniopterus srinii
- Mirostrellus joffrei Joffre's pipistrelle
- Mops mops Malayan Free-tailed Bat NT
- Murina aurata little tube-nosed bat DD
- Murina cyclotis round-eared tube-nosed bat
- Murina guilleni
- Murina huttonii
- Murina jaintiana Jaintia Tube-nosed Bat DD
- Murina leucogaster greater tube-nosed bat
- Murina pluvialis DD
- Murina tubinaris Scully's tube-nosed bat DD
- Myotis altarium Szechwan Myotis
- Myotis annectans hairy-faced bat
- Myotis blythii Lesser mouse-eared bat
- Myotis cf
- Myotis chinensis Large Myotis
- Myotis formosus Hodgson's Bat NT
- Myotis frater Fraternal Myotis
- Myotis hasseltii lesser large-footed bat
- Myotis himalaicus
- Myotis horsfieldii Horsfield's Bat
- Myotis laniger Chinese Water Myotis
- Myotis longipes Kashmir cave bat DD
- Myotis montivagus Burmese whiskered bat DD
- Myotis muricola Whiskered Myotis
- Myotis mystacinus Whiskered Bat
- Myotis nipalensis Nepal Myotis
- Myotis peytoni DD
- Myotis pilosus Rickett's Big-footed Myotis VU
- Myotis sicarius Mandelli's mouse-eared bat VU
- Myotis siligorensis Himalayan whiskered bat
- Myotis velifer Cave Myotis
- Nyctalus leisleri Lesser Noctule
- Nyctalus montanus Mountain Noctule
- Nyctalus noctula Common Noctule
- Nyctalus plancyi Chinese Noctule
- Otomops wroughtoni Wroughton's free-tailed bat DD
- Otonycteris hemprichii Desert Long-eared Bat
- Phoniscus jagorii Peters's trumpet-eared bat
- Pipistrellus abramus Japanese Pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus ceylonicus Kelaart's pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus coromandra Indian Pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus javanicus Javan pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus kuhlii Kuhl's pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus paterculus Mount Popa pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus pipistrellus Common Pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus stenopterus narrow-winged pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus tenuis least pipistrelle
- Plecotus auritus Brown Long-eared Bat
- Plecotus austriacus Grey Long-eared Bat NT
- Plecotus homochrous DD
- Plecotus wardi
- Pteropus alecto Black Flying-fox
- Pteropus chrysoproctus Moluccan Flying-fox VU
- Pteropus dasymallus Ryukyu Flying-fox VU
- Pteropus faunulus Nicobar Flying-fox EN
- Pteropus hypomelanus Variable Flying-fox NT
- Pteropus lylei Lyle's Flying-fox VU
- Pteropus mariannus Mariana Flying-fox EN
- Pteropus medius NT
- Pteropus melanotus Black-eared Flying-fox VU
- Pteropus pumilus Little Golden-mantled Flying-fox NT
- Pteropus scapulatus Little Red Flying-fox
- Pteropus tonganus Pacific Flying-fox
- Rhinolophus affinis Intermediate Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus andamanensis Homfray's Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus beddomei Beddome's Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus cognatus Andaman horseshoe bat EN
- Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Greater Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus hipposideros Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus indorouxii DD
- Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth's Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus luctus Woolly Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus macrotis big-eared horseshoe bat
- Rhinolophus mitratus mitred horseshoe bat DD
- Rhinolophus nippon Japanese greater horseshoe bat
- Rhinolophus pearsonii Pearson's Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus perniger
- Rhinolophus pusillus Least Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus rouxii Rufous Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus shortridgei Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat DD
- Rhinolophus sinicus Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus subbadius little Nepalese horseshoe bat
- Rhinolophus trifoliatus Trefoil Horseshoe Bat NT
- Rhinolophus yunanensis Dobson's horseshoe bat
- Rhinopoma hardwickii Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat
- Rhinopoma microphyllum Greater Mouse-tailed Bat
- Rhyneptesicus nasutus Sind Bat
- Rousettus amplexicaudatus Geoffroy's Rousette
- Rousettus leschenaultii Leschenault's Rousette NT
- Saccolaimus saccolaimus Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat
- Scotoecus pallidus Desert Yellow Bat
- Scotomanes ornatus Harlequin Bat
- Scotophilus heathii Greater Asian Yellow Bat
- Scotophilus kuhlii Lesser Asian Yellow Bat
- Scotozous dormeri Dormer's Bat
- Sphaerias blanfordi Blanford's Fruit Bat
- Submyotodon caliginosus
- Tadarida aegyptiaca Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
- Tadarida brasiliensis Mexican Free-tailed Bat
- Tadarida insignis East Asian Free-tailed Bat DD
- Tadarida teniotis European Free-tailed Bat
- Taphozous longimanus Long-winged Tomb Bat
- Taphozous melanopogon Black-bearded Tomb Bat
- Taphozous nudiventris Naked-rumped Tomb Bat
- Taphozous perforatus Egyptian Tomb Bat
- Taphozous theobaldi Theobald's Tomb Bat
- Thai horseshoe
- Thoopterus nigrescens Swift Fruit Bat
- Tylonycteris fulvida Indomalayan Lesser Bamboo Bat
- Tylonycteris malayana
- Tylonycteris pachypus Lesser Bamboo Bat
- Tylonycteris robustula greater bamboo bat
- Vespadelus caurinus Northern Cave Bat
- Vespertilio murinus Particoloured Bat
Bats elsewhere
Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chandigarh · Chhattisgarh · Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu · Delhi · Goa · Gujarat · Haryana · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu and Kashmir · Jharkhand · Karnataka · Kerala · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Manipur · Meghalaya · Mizoram · Nagaland · Odisha · Puducherry · Punjab · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Tripura · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Desert · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of India
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