JoTT Checklist of the bats of India (v1.7)

Citation: Srinivasulu, C., A. Srinivasulu & B. Srinivasulu (2026). Checklist of the bats of India (v1.7). Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/checklists/bats/india [Date of publication: 15 February 2026]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.checklist/india.bats

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S.No. Family Scientific Name Authority
1 Pteropodidae Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797)
2 Pteropodidae Cynopterus brachyotis (Müller, 1838)
3 Pteropodidae Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871)
4 Pteropodidae Latidens salimalii Thonglongya, 1972
5 Pteropodidae Macroglossus sobrinus K. Andersen, 1911
6 Pteropodidae Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Fenten, 1983
7 Pteropodidae Pteropus medius Temminck, 1825
8 Pteropodidae Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853
9 Pteropodidae Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863
10 Pteropodidae Pteropus faunulus Miller, 1902
11 Pteropodidae Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)
12 Pteropodidae Sphaerias blanfordi (Thomas, 1891)
13 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774)
14 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797)
15 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823
16 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, 1834
17 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus trifoliatus Temminck, 1834
18 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus perniger Hodgson, 1843
19 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus nippon Temminck, 1835
20 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck, 1835
21 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844
22 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth, 1844
23 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus mitratus Blyth, 1844
24 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus subbadius Blyth, 1844
25 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851
26 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus andamanensis Dobson, 1872
27 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus yunanensis Dobson, 1872
28 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus beddomei K. Andersen, 1905
29 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus sinicus K. Andersen, 1905
30 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus cognatus K. Andersen, 1906
31 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus shortridgei K. Andersen, 1918
32 Hipposideridae Asellia tridens (E. Geoffroy, 1813)
33 Hipposideridae Coelops frithii Blyth, 1848
34 Hipposideridae Hipposideros speoris (Schneider, 1800)
35 Hipposideridae Hipposideros diadema (E. Geoffroy, 1813)
36 Hipposideridae Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835)
37 Hipposideridae Hipposideros fulvus Gray, 1838
38 Hipposideridae Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848
39 Hipposideridae Hipposideros lankadiva Kelaart, 1850
40 Hipposideridae Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853
41 Hipposideridae Hipposideros brachyotus (Dobson, 1874)
42 Hipposideridae Hipposideros nicobarulae Miller, 1902
43 Hipposideridae Hipposideros gentilis K. Andersen, 1918
44 Hipposideridae Hipposideros pomona K. Andersen, 1918
45 Hipposideridae Hipposideros larvatus (Horsfield, 1823)
46 Hipposideridae Hipposideros durgadasi Khajuria, 1970
47 Hipposideridae Hipposideros hypophyllus Kock and Bhat, 1994
48 Megadermatidae Lyroderma lyra (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
49 Megadermatidae Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758)
50 Rhinopomatidae Rhinopoma hardwickii Gray, 1831
51 Rhinopomatidae Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich, 1872)
52 Emballonuridae Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838)
53 Emballonuridae Taphozous perforatus E. Geoffroy, 1818
54 Emballonuridae Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825
55 Emballonuridae Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830
56 Emballonuridae Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841
57 Emballonuridae Taphozous theobaldi Dobson, 1872
58 Molossidae Chaerephon plicatus (Buchanan, 1800)
59 Molossidae Otomops wroughtoni (Thomas, 1913)
60 Molossidae Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814)
61 Molossidae Tadarida aegyptiaca (E. Geoffroy, 1818)
62 Molossidae Tadarida insignis (Blyth, 1862)
63 Vespertilionidae Arielulus circumdatus (Temminck, 1840)
64 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus pachyomus (Tomes, 1857)
65 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus pachyotis (Dobson, 1871)
66 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus ognevi Bobrinskii, 1918
67 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus gobiensis Bobrinskii, 1926
68 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus tatei Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951
69 Vespertilionidae Hesperoptenus tickelli (Blyth, 1851)
70 Vespertilionidae Scotoecus pallidus (Dobson, 1876)
71 Vespertilionidae Scotomanes ornatus (Blyth, 1851)
72 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821
73 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus heathii (Horsfield, 1831)
74 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus plancyi (Gerbe, 1880)
75 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817)
76 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus montanus (Barret-Hamilton, 1906)
77 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774)
78 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula coromandra (Gray, 1838)
79 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula javanicus (Gray, 1838)
80 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula abramus (Temminck, 1840)
81 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula tenuis (Temminck, 1840)
82 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)
83 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula babu (Thomas, 1915)
84 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula paterculus (Thomas, 1915)
85 Vespertilionidae Scotozous dormeri Dobson, 1875
86 Vespertilionidae Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson [in Horsfield], 1855
87 Vespertilionidae Otonycteris leucophaea Severcov, 1873
88 Vespertilionidae Plecotus homochrous Hodgson, 1847
89 Vespertilionidae Plecotus wardi Thomas, 1911
90 Vespertilionidae Hypsugo affinis (Dobson, 1871)
91 Vespertilionidae Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837)
92 Vespertilionidae Hypsugo cadornae (Thomas, 1916)
93 Vespertilionidae Mirostrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915)
94 Vespertilionidae Ia io Thomas, 1902
95 Vespertilionidae Glischropus meghalayanus Saikia, Ruedi & Csorba, 2022
96 Vespertilionidae Eudiscopus denticulus (Osgood, 1932)
97 Vespertilionidae Tylonycteris fulvida (Blyth, 1859)
98 Vespertilionidae Tylonycteris malayana Chasen, 1940
99 Vespertilionidae Myotis formosus (Hodgson, 1835)
100 Vespertilionidae Myotis hasseltii (Temminck, 1840)
101 Vespertilionidae Myotis horsfieldii (Temminck, 1840)
102 Vespertilionidae Myotis muricola (Gray, 1846)
103 Vespertilionidae Myotis siligorensis (Horsfield, 1855)
104 Vespertilionidae Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)
105 Vespertilionidae Myotis nipalensis (Dobson, 1871)
106 Vespertilionidae Myotis pilosus (Peters, 1869)
107 Vespertilionidae Myotis annectans (Dobson, 1871)
108 Vespertilionidae Myotis laniger (Peters, 1870)
109 Vespertilionidae Myotis longipes (Dobson, 1873)
110 Vespertilionidae Myotis montivagus (Dobson, 1874)
111 Vespertilionidae Myotis altarium Thomas, 1911
112 Vespertilionidae Myotis peytoni Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
113 Vespertilionidae Myotis sicarius Thomas, 1915
114 Vespertilionidae Myotis frater Aellen, 1923
115 Vespertilionidae Myotis himalaicus Ruedi, Chakravarty, Saikia & Csorba, 2025
116 Vespertilionidae Submyotodon caliginosus (Tomes, 1859)
117 Vespertilionidae Harpiocephalus harpia (Temminck, 1840)
118 Vespertilionidae Murina aurata Milne-Edwards, 1872
119 Vespertilionidae Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1872
120 Vespertilionidae Murina huttoni (Peters, 1872)
121 Vespertilionidae Murina leucogaster Milne-Edwards, 1872
122 Vespertilionidae Murina tubinaris (Scully, 1881)
123 Vespertilionidae Murina pluvialis Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012
124 Vespertilionidae Murina jaintiana Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012
125 Vespertilionidae Murina guilleni Soisook, Karapan, Satasook, Dinh Thong, Khan, Maryanto, Csorba, Furey, Aul & Bates, 2013
126 Vespertilionidae Harpiola grisea (Peters, 1872)
127 Vespertilionidae Harpiola isodon Kuo, Fang, Csorba & Lee, 2006
128 Vespertilionidae Phoniscus jagorii (Peters, 1866)
129 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)
130 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula crypta Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
131 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula lenis Thomas, 1916
132 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula kachinensis Bates, Struebig, Rossiter, Kingston, Sia Sein Lein Oo & Khin Mya Mya, 2004
133 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula titania Bates, Struebig, Hayes, Furey, Mya, Thong, Tien, Son, Harrison, Francis & Csorba, 2007
134 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula furva Kuo et al., 2017
135 Miniopteridae Miniopterus fuliginosus (Hodgson, 1835)
136 Miniopteridae Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876
137 Miniopteridae Miniopterus phillipsi Kusuminda, Mannakkara, Ukuwela, Kruskop, Amarasinghe, Saikia, Venugopal, Karunarathna, Gamage, Ruedi, Csorba, Yapa and Patterson, 2022
138 Miniopteridae Miniopterus magnater Sanborn, 1931
139 Miniopteridae Miniopterus srinii Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2023