Bats of Tamil Nadu
27 bats on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 2 of them threatened (2 Endangered).
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). 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 Tamil Nadu (2)
- Hipposideros pomona Pomona Roundleaf Bat EN
- Latidens salimalii Salim Ali's Fruit Bat EN
All bats of Tamil Nadu on the list (27)
- Chaerephon plicatus Wrinkle-lipped Bat
- Cynopterus brachyotis Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
- Cynopterus sphinx Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
- Harpiocephalus harpia Hairy-winged Bat
- Hipposideros ater Dusky Roundleaf Bat
- Hipposideros bicolor bicolored roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros fulvus fulvus roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros galeritus Cantor's roundleaf bat
- Hipposideros pomona Pomona Roundleaf Bat EN
- Hipposideros speoris Schneider's roundleaf bat
- Kerivoula picta Painted Bat NT
- Latidens salimalii Salim Ali's Fruit Bat EN
- Lyroderma lyra
- Megaderma spasma Lesser false vampire bat
- Murina cyclotis round-eared tube-nosed bat
- Pipistrellus ceylonicus Kelaart's pipistrelle
- Pipistrellus tenuis least pipistrelle
- Pteropus medius NT
- Rhinolophus beddomei Beddome's Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth's Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinolophus rouxii Rufous Horseshoe Bat
- Rhinopoma hardwickii Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat
- Rousettus leschenaultii Leschenault's Rousette NT
- Scotozous dormeri Dormer's Bat
- Tadarida aegyptiaca Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
- Taphozous melanopogon Black-bearded Tomb Bat
- Taphozous nudiventris Naked-rumped Tomb Bat
Bats elsewhere
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Other species of Tamil Nadu
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