Citation: Srinivasulu, C., A. Srinivasulu & B. Srinivasulu (2023). Checklist of the bats of Sri Lanka (v1.1). https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/checklists/bats/srilanka [Date of publication: 01 January 2023].

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S.No. Family Scientific Name Authority
1 Pteropodidae Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797)
2 Pteropodidae Cynopterus brachyotis (Müller, 1838)
3 Pteropodidae Pteropus medius Temminck, 1825
4 Pteropodidae Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)
5 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck, 1835
6 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus beddomei K. Andersen, 1905
7 Hipposideridae Hipposideros speoris (Schneider, 1800)
8 Hipposideridae Hipposideros fulvus Gray, 1838
9 Hipposideridae Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846
10 Hipposideridae Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848
11 Hipposideridae Hipposideros lankadiva Kelaart, 1850
12 Megadermatidae Lyroderma lyra (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
13 Megadermatidae Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758)
14 Emballonuridae Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838)
15 Emballonuridae Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825
16 Emballonuridae Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841
17 Molossidae Chaerephon plicatus (Buchanan, 1800)
18 Molossidae Tadarida aegyptiaca (E. Geoffroy, 1818)
19 Vespertilionidae Hesperoptenus tickelli (Blyth, 1851)
20 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821
21 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus heathii (Horsfield, 1831)
22 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838)
23 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840)
24 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)
25 Vespertilionidae Hypsugo affinis (Dobson, 1871)
26 Vespertilionidae Myotis hasseltii (Temminck, 1840)
27 Vespertilionidae Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1872
28 Vespertilionidae Phoniscus jagorii (Peters, 1866)
29 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)
30 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula malpasi Phillips, 1932
31 Miniopteridae Miniopterus phillipsi Kusuminda, Mannakkara, Ukuwela, Kruskop, Amarasinghe, Saikia, Venugopal, Karunarathna, Gamage, Ruedi, Csorba, Yapa and Patterson, 2022