JoTT Checklist of the bats of South Asia (v1.9)

Citation: Srinivasulu, C., A. Srinivasulu & B. Srinivasulu (2025). Checklist of the bats of South Asia (v1.9). https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/checklists/bats/southasia [Date of publication: 01 June 2025].  
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.checklist/southasia.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 aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
12 Pteropodidae Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)
13 Pteropodidae Sphaerias blanfordi (Thomas, 1891)
14 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774)
15 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797)
16 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823
17 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, 1834
18 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus trifoliatus Temminck, 1834
19 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus perniger Hodgson, 1843
20 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus nippon Temminck, 1835
21 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck, 1835
22 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844
23 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth, 1844
24 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus mitratus Blyth, 1844
25 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus subbadius Blyth, 1844
26 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851
27 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866
28 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus andamanensis Dobson, 1872
29 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus yunanensis Dobson, 1872
30 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus beddomei K. Andersen, 1905
31 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus sinicus K. Andersen, 1905
32 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus cognatus K. Andersen, 1906
33 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus bocharicus Kastchenko & Akimov, 1917
34 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus shortridgei K. Andersen, 1918
35 Hipposideridae Asellia tridens (E. Geoffroy, 1813)
36 Hipposideridae Coelops frithii Blyth, 1848
37 Hipposideridae Hipposideros speoris (Schneider, 1800)
38 Hipposideridae Hipposideros diadema (E. Geoffroy, 1813)
39 Hipposideridae Hipposideros larvatus (Horsfield, 1823)
40 Hipposideridae Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835)
41 Hipposideridae Hipposideros fulvus Gray, 1838
42 Hipposideridae Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848
43 Hipposideridae Hipposideros lankadiva Kelaart, 1850
44 Hipposideridae Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853
45 Hipposideridae Hipposideros brachyotus (Dobson, 1874)
46 Hipposideridae Hipposideros nicobarulae Miller, 1902
47 Hipposideridae Hipposideros gentilis K. Andersen, 1918
48 Hipposideridae Hipposideros pomona K. Andersen, 1918
49 Hipposideridae Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936
50 Hipposideridae Hipposideros durgadasi Khajuria, 1970
51 Hipposideridae Hipposideros hypophyllus Kock and Bhat, 1994
52 Hipposideridae Hipposideros srilankaensis Kusuminda, B. Srinivasulu, Amarasinghe, A. Srinivasulu, C, Srinivasulu and Yapa, 2025
53 Rhinonycteridae Triaenops persicus Dobson, 1871
54 Megadermatidae Lyroderma lyra (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
55 Megadermatidae Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758)
56 Rhinopomatidae Rhinopoma hardwickii Gray, 1831
57 Rhinopomatidae Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich, 1872)
58 Rhinopomatidae Rhinopoma muscatellum Thomas, 1903
59 Emballonuridae Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838)
60 Emballonuridae Taphozous perforatus E. Geoffroy, 1818
61 Emballonuridae Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825
62 Emballonuridae Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830
63 Emballonuridae Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841
64 Emballonuridae Taphozous theobaldi Dobson, 1872
65 Molossidae Chaerephon plicatus (Buchanan, 1800)
66 Molossidae Otomops wroughtoni (Thomas, 1913)
67 Molossidae Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814)
68 Molossidae Tadarida aegyptiaca (E. Geoffroy, 1818)
69 Vespertilionidae Arielulus circumdatus (Temminck, 1840)
70 Vespertilionidae Cassistrellus dimissus (Thomas, 1916)
71 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus serotinus (Schreber, 1774)
72 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus pachyomus (Tomes, 1857)
73 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus pachyotis (Dobson, 1871)
74 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus ognevi (Bobrinskii, 1918)
75 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus gobiensis (Bobrinskii, 1926)
76 Vespertilionidae Cnephaeus tatei (Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951)
77 Vespertilionidae Hesperoptenus tickelli (Blyth, 1851)
78 Vespertilionidae Rhyneptesicus nasutus (Dobson, 1877)
79 Vespertilionidae Scotoecus pallidus (Dobson, 1876)
80 Vespertilionidae Scotomanes ornatus (Blyth, 1851)
81 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821
82 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus heathii (Horsfield, 1831)
83 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774)
84 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus plancyi (Gerbe, 1880)
85 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817)
86 Vespertilionidae Nyctalus montanus (Barret-Hamilton, 1906)
87 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774)
88 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817)
89 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838)
90 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838)
91 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1840)
92 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840)
93 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)
94 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus paterculus Thomas, 1915
95 Vespertilionidae Scotozous dormeri Dobson, 1875
96 Vespertilionidae Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson [in Horsfield], 1855
97 Vespertilionidae Otonycteris leucophaea Severcov, 1873
98 Vespertilionidae Plecotus homochrous Hodgson, 1847
99 Vespertilionidae Plecotus wardi Thomas, 1911
100 Vespertilionidae Plecotus strelkovi Spitzenberger, 2006
101 Vespertilionidae Hypsugo affinis (Dobson, 1871)
102 Vespertilionidae Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837)
103 Vespertilionidae Hypsugo cadornae (Thomas, 1916)
104 Vespertilionidae Mirostrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915)
105 Vespertilionidae Ia io Thomas, 1902
106 Vespertilionidae Glischropus meghalayanus Saikia, Ruedi & Csorba, 2022
107 Vespertilionidae Eudiscopus denticulus (Osgood, 1932)
108 Vespertilionidae Tylonycteris fulvida (Blyth, 1859)
109 Vespertilionidae Tylonycteris malayana Chasen, 1940
110 Vespertilionidae Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758
111 Vespertilionidae Myotis emarginatus (Geoffroy, 1806)
112 Vespertilionidae Myotis formosus (Hodgson, 1835)
113 Vespertilionidae Myotis hasseltii (Temminck, 1840)
114 Vespertilionidae Myotis horsfieldii (Temminck, 1840)
115 Vespertilionidae Myotis muricola (Gray, 1846)
116 Vespertilionidae Myotis siligorensis (Horsfield, 1855)
117 Vespertilionidae Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)
118 Vespertilionidae Myotis davidii (Peters, 1869)
119 Vespertilionidae Myotis nipalensis (Dobson, 1871)
120 Vespertilionidae Myotis pilosus (Peters, 1869)
121 Vespertilionidae Myotis annectans (Dobson, 1871)
122 Vespertilionidae Myotis laniger (Peters, 1870)
123 Vespertilionidae Myotis longipes (Dobson, 1873)
124 Vespertilionidae Myotis montivagus (Dobson, 1874)
125 Vespertilionidae Myotis altarium Thomas, 1911
126 Vespertilionidae Myotis peytoni Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
127 Vespertilionidae Myotis sicarius Thomas, 1915
128 Vespertilionidae Myotis frater Aellen, 1923
129 Vespertilionidae Submyotodon caliginosus (Tomes, 1859)
130 Vespertilionidae Harpiocephalus harpia (Temminck, 1840)
131 Vespertilionidae Murina aurata Milne-Edwards, 1872
132 Vespertilionidae Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1872
133 Vespertilionidae Murina huttoni (Peters, 1872)
134 Vespertilionidae Murina leucogaster Milne-Edwards, 1872
135 Vespertilionidae Murina tubinaris (Scully, 1881)
136 Vespertilionidae Murina walstoni Furey, Csorba & Son, 2011
137 Vespertilionidae Murina pluvialis Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012
138 Vespertilionidae Murina jaintiana Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012
139 Vespertilionidae Murina guilleni Soisook, Karapan, Satasook, Dinh Thong, Khan, Maryanto, Csorba, Furey, Aul & Bates, 2013
140 Vespertilionidae Harpiola grisea (Peters, 1872)
141 Vespertilionidae Phoniscus jagorii (Peters, 1866)
142 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)
143 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula crypta Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
144 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula lenis Thomas, 1916
145 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula malpasi Phillips, 1932
146 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula kachinensis Bates, Struebig, Rossiter, Kingston, Sia Sein Lein Oo & Khin Mya Mya, 2004
147 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula furva Kuo et al., 2017
148 Miniopteridae Miniopterus fuliginosus (Hodgson, 1835)
149 Miniopteridae Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876
150 Miniopteridae Miniopterus pallidus (Thomas, 1905)
151 Miniopteridae Miniopterus phillipsi Kusuminda, Mannakkara, Ukuwela, Kruskop, Amarasinghe, Saikia, Venugopal, Karunarathna, Gamage, Ruedi, Csorba, Yapa and Patterson, 2022
152 Miniopteridae Miniopterus magnater Sanborn, 1931
153 Miniopteridae Miniopterus srinii Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2023