JoTT Checklist of the bats of Nepal (v1.3)

Citation: Srinivasulu, C., A. Srinivasulu & B. Srinivasulu (2025). Checklist of the bats of Nepal (v1.4). https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/checklists/bats/nepal [Date of publication: 01 June 2025]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.checklist/nepal.bats

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S.No. Family Scientific Name Authority
1 Pteropodidae Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797)
2 Pteropodidae Pteropus medius Temminck, 1825
3 Pteropodidae Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871)
4 Pteropodidae Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)
5 Pteropodidae Sphaerias blanfordi (Thomas, 1891)
6 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823
7 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, 1834
8 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus perniger Hodgson, 1843
9 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus nippon Temminck, 1835
10 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth, 1844
11 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus subbadius Blyth, 1844
12 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851
13 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus sinicus K. Andersen, 1905
14 Hipposideridae Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835)
15 Hipposideridae Hipposideros fulvus Gray, 1838
16 Hipposideridae Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853
17 Hipposideridae Hipposideros gentilis K. Andersen, 1918
18 Megadermatidae Lyroderma lyra (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
19 Emballonuridae Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825
20 Emballonuridae Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830
21 Molossidae Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814)
22 Vespertilionidae Arielulus circumdatus (Temminck, 1840)
23 Vespertilionidae Cassistrellus dimissus (Thomas, 1916)
24 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus pachyomus (Tomes, 1857)
25 Vespertilionidae Hesperoptenus tickelli (Blyth, 1851)
26 Vespertilionidae Scotomanes ornatus (Blyth, 1851)
27 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821
28 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus heathii (Horsfield, 1831)
29 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus plancyi (Gerbe, 1880)
30 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus montanus (Barret-Hamilton, 1906)
31 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838)
32 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838)
33 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840)
34 Vespertilionidae Scotozous dormeri Dobson, 1875
35 Vespertilionidae Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson [in Horsfield], 1855
36 Vespertilionidae Plecotus homochrous Hodgson, 1847
37 Vespertilionidae Plecotus wardi Thomas, 1911
38 Vespertilionidae Mirostrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915)
39 Vespertilionidae Ia io Thomas, 1902
40 Vespertilionidae Tylonycteris fulvida (Blyth, 1859)
41 Vespertilionidae Myotis formosus (Hodgson, 1835)
42 Vespertilionidae Myotis muricola (Gray, 1846)
43 Vespertilionidae Myotis siligorensis (Horsfield, 1855)
44 Vespertilionidae Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)
45 Vespertilionidae Myotis nipalensis (Dobson, 1871)
46 Vespertilionidae Myotis sicarius Thomas, 1915
47 Vespertilionidae Myotis longipes (Dobson, 1873)
48 Vespertilionidae Harpiocephalus harpia (Temminck, 1840)
49 Vespertilionidae Murina aurata Milne-Edwards, 1872
50 Vespertilionidae Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1872
51 Vespertilionidae Murina huttoni (Peters, 1872)
52 Vespertilionidae Murina walstoni Furey, Csorba & Son, 2011
53 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)
54 Miniopteridae Miniopterus fuliginosus (Hodgson, 1835)
55 Miniopteridae Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876