JoTT Checklist of the bats of Sri Lanka (v1.3)

Citation: Srinivasulu, C., A. Srinivasulu & B. Srinivasulu (2026). Checklist of the bats of Sri Lanka (v1.3). Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/checklists/bats/srilanka [Date of publication: 15 Februuary 2026]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.checklist/srilanka.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 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 srilankaensis Kusuminda, B. Srinivasulu, Amarasinghe, A. Srinivasulu, C, Srinivasulu and Yapa, 2025
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 Otomops wroughtoni (Thomas, 1913)
19 Molossidae Tadarida aegyptiaca (E. Geoffroy, 1818)
20 Molossidae Tadarida insignis (Blyth, 1862)
21 Vespertilionidae Hesperoptenus tickelli (Blyth, 1851)
22 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821
23 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus heathii (Horsfield, 1831)
24 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula coromandra (Gray, 1838)
25 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula tenuis (Temminck, 1840)
26 Vespertilionidae Alionoctula ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)
27 Vespertilionidae Hypsugo affinis (Dobson, 1871)
28 Vespertilionidae Myotis hasseltii (Temminck, 1840)
29 Vespertilionidae Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1872
30 Vespertilionidae Phoniscus jagorii (Peters, 1866)
31 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)
32 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula malpasi Phillips, 1932
33 Miniopteridae Miniopterus phillipsi Kusuminda, Mannakkara, Ukuwela, Kruskop, Amarasinghe, Saikia, Venugopal, Karunarathna, Gamage, Ruedi, Csorba, Yapa and Patterson, 2022