List of bats by population

This is a list of bat species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.

This list is not comprehensive, as not all bats have had their numbers quantified.

Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Christmas Island pipistrellePipistrellus murrayi0EXCommon and widespread until the 1980s. In January 2009, there were 4 individuals left. An immediate capturing project was requested to save the species, and efforts for approval included a personal meeting with then-Australian environment minister Peter Garrett. Due to a potential cost of a few hundred thousand dollars, the government decided against quick action and instead undertook a bureaucratic feasibility study. After its eventual assent in August 2009 a team of experts travelled to Christmas Island to capture the remaining individuals but only one was detected, which managed not to be caught. On August 27, 2009, the last remaining individual disappeared, causing the species to become extinct. Its subsequent disappearance may be one of very few times extinction has been witnessed first-hand. Reasons for the bat's extinction remain unknown.
Jamaican greater funnel-eared batNatalus jamaicensis50CROnly found in the St. Clair Cave in Jamaica. Population estimate was done in 1970.
Cuban greater funnel-eared batNatalus primus100VUMaximum estimate. Only found in a single cave.
Seychelles sheath-tailed batColeura seychellensis100CRMaximum estimate for mature individuals.
Bulmer's fruit batAproteles bulmerae160CROnly one colony is known to exist.
Jamaican flower batPhyllonycteris aphylla250CRColonies only at Marta Tick Cave and Stony Hill Cave.
Flat-headed myotisMyotis planiceps250ENMaximum estimate for mature individuals.
Bonin flying foxPteropus pselaphon300ENMaximum estimate.
Arnhem leaf-nosed batHipposideros inornatus300VUMaximum estimate for mature individuals.
New Georgian monkey-faced batPteralopex taki500VUEstimate is for mature individuals.
Canary long-eared batPlecotus teneriffae500 – 2000VU
Livingstone's fruit batPteropus livingstonii1200CR
Coastal sheath-tailed batTaphozous australis1200 - 10 000NT
New Caledonia wattled batChalinolobus neocaledonicus1500ENMaximum estimate from known colonies.
Azores noctuleNyctalus azoreum2000 – 5000VU
Thailand roundleaf batHipposideros halophyllus2500 – 10 000VU
Rodrigues flying foxPteropus rodricensis4000EN
Kitti's hog-nosed batCraseonycteris thonglongyai6600NT
Ghost batMacroderma gigas7000 – 9000VU
Comoro rousetteRousettus obliviosus7100 – 17 100VU
Giant golden-crowned flying foxAcerodon jubatus10 000ENUnknownRough estimate; probably no more than 20 000.
Banana batMusonycteris harrisoni10 000VU
Pemba flying foxPteropus voeltzkowi19 000VUIncrease from a few hundred in the early 1990s.
Mauritian flying foxPteropus niger25 000ENMinimum estimate.
New Zealand lesser short-tailed batMystacina tuberculata30 000VUMinimum estimate.
Madagascan flying foxPteropus rufus300 000VU
Grey-headed flying foxPteropus poliocephalus320 000 - 674 000VU Estimates are based on incomplete knowledge of camp location and use.
Indiana batMyotis sodalis387 300NTThough numbers are large compared to other bats classified as endangered, this species is listed as such due to a >50% decline over the past decade.
Straw-coloured fruit batEidolon helvum1 100 000 000NT
Pallas's long-tongued batGlossophaga soricina1 030 000 000LC
Angolan rousetteLissonycteris angolensis823 000 000LC
Heller's broad-nosed batLissonycteris angolensis733 000 000LC
Trident batAsellia tridens740 000 000LC
Great stripe-faced batVampyrodes caraccioli664 000 000LC
Franquet's epauletted fruit batepomops franqueti609 000 000LC
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit batEpomophorus wahlbergi'597 000 000LC
Lesser mouse-tailed batRhinopoma hardwickii600 000 000LC
Hairy big-eyed batChiroderma villosum536 000 000LC
Tilda's yellow-shouldered batSturnira tildae51 000 000LC
Southern red batLasiurus blossevillii526 000 000LC
Brown fruit-eating batArtibeus concolor488 000 000LC
Greater bulldog batNoctilio leporinus511 000 000LC
Egyptian slit-faced batNycteris thebaica503 000 000LC
MacConnell's batMesophylla macconnelli473 000 000LC
Egyptian fruit batRousettus aegyptiacus489 000 000LC
Little big-eyed batChiroderma trinitatum459 000 000LC
Gambian epauletted fruit batEpomophorus gambianus466 000 000LC
Leschenault's rousetteRousettus leschenaultii446 000 000NT
SerotineEptesicus serotinus438 000 000LC
Geoffroy's rousetteRousettus amplexicaudatus431 000 000LC
Short-headed broad-nosed batPlatyrrhinus brachycephalus406 000 000LC
Large-eared slit-faced batNycteris macrotis421 000 000LC
Hairy slit-faced batNycteris hispida401 000 000LC
Greater spear-nosed batPhyllostomus hastatus402 000 000LC
Black myotisMyotis nigricans376 000 000LC
Dawn batEonycteris spelaea357 000 000LC
Black bonneted batEumops auripendulus351 000 000LC
Lander's horseshoe batRhinolophus landeri346 000 000LC
Greater short-nosed fruit batCynopterus sphinx341 000 000LC
Black mastiff batMolossus rufus345 000 000LC
Lesser long-eared batNyctophilus geoffroyi336 000 000LC
Long-tongued nectar batMacroglossus minimus318 000 000LC
Fischer's little fruit batRhinophylla fischerae310 000 000LC
Fischer's little fruit batMyodes rutilus328 000 000LC
Pale spear-nosed batPhyllostomus discolor315 000 000LC
White-winged vampire batDiaemus youngi304 000 000LC
Tomes's sword-nosed batLonchorhina aurita299 000 000LC
Fringe-lipped batTrachops cirrhosus293 000 000LC
Broad-eared batNyctinomops laticaudatus289 000 000LC
Little white-shouldered batAmetrida centurio273 000 000LC
Visored batSphaeronycteris toxophyllum265 000 000LC
Riparian myotisMyotis riparius276 000 000LC
Lesser dog-like batPeropteryx macrotis274 000 000LC
Southern dog-faced batCynomops planirostris272 000 000LC
Southern yellow batLasiurus ega276 000 000LC
African yellow batScotophilus dinganii276 000 000LC
Rüppell's horseshoe batRhinolophus fumigatus255 000 000LC
Silver-tipped myotisMyotis albescens246 000 000LC
Brazilian brown batEptesicus brasiliensiss249 000 000LC
Hammer-headed batHypsignathus monstrosus247 000 000LC
Greater Asiatic yellow batScotophilus heathii246 000 000LC
Western mastiff batEumops perotis229 000 000LC
Lesser Asiatic yellow batScotophilus kuhlii229 000 000LC
Lesser dog-faced fruit batCynopterus brachyotis228 000 000LC
Lesser woolly batKerivoula lanosa230 000 000LC
Wagner's bonneted batEumops glaucinus229 000 000LC
Variegated butterfly batGlauconycteris variegata229 000 000LC
Noack's roundleaf batHipposideros ruber227 000 000LC
Velvety free-tailed batmolossus molossus226 000 000LC
Sanborn's bonneted batEumops hansae219 000 000LC
Kuhl's pipistrellePipistrellus kuhlii215 000 000LC
Argentine brown batEptesicus furinalis213 000 000LC
Lesser bulldog batNoctilio albiventris215 000 000LC
Great fruit-eating batArtibeus lituratus222 000 000LC
Yellow-winged batLavia frons213 000 000LC
Lesser sac-winged batSaccopteryx leptura208 000 000LC
Seba's short-tailed batCarollia perspicillata219 000 000LC
Northern little yellow-eared batVampyressa thyone199 000 000LC
Proboscis batRhynchonycteris naso208 000 000LC
Pale-faced batPhylloderma stenops219 000 000LC
Dark fruit-eating batArtibeus obscurus217 000 000LC
Spix's disk-winged batThyroptera tricolor201 000 000LC
Coiban mastiff batMolossus coibensis205 000 000LC
Long-legged batMacrophyllum macrophyllum199 000 000LC
Para dog-faced batCynomops paranus202 000 000DD)
Cinnamon dog-faced batCynomops abrasus201 000 000DD
Northern ghost batDiclidurus albus195 000 000LC
Gould's wattled batChalinolobus gouldii193 000 000LC
Lesser mouse-eared batMyotis blythii191 000 000LC
Common pipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus188 000 000LC
Golden batMimon bennettii187 000 000LC
Big brown batEptesicus fuscus186 000 000LC
Large-eared free-tailed batOtomops martiensseni186 000 000NT
Thumbless batFuripterus horrens185 000 000LC
Chestnut sac-winged batCormura brevirostris182 000 000LC
Greater dog-like batCormura brevirostris182 000 000LC
Horsfield's fruit batCynopterus horsfieldii180 000 000LC
Rufous dog-faced batMolossops neglectus179 000 000DD
Little broad-nosed batScotorepens greyii177 000 000LC
Lesser spear-nosed batPhyllostomus elongatus176 000 000LC
Lesser spear-nosed batPhyllostomus elongatus176 000 000LC
Ethiopian epauletted fruit batEpomophorus labiatus173 000 000LC
Natterer's batMyotis nattereri172 000 000LC
Geoffroy's tailless batAnoura geoffroyi171 000 000LC
Tricolored big-eared batGlyphonycteris sylvestris171 000 000LC
Mexican free-tailed batTadarida brasiliensis168 000 000LC
Frosted sac-winged batSaccopteryx canescens167 000 000LC
Silver-haired batLasionycteris noctivagans165 000 000LC
Silver-haired batLasionycteris noctivagans165 000 000LC
Greater mouse-tailed batRhinopoma microphyllum164 000 000LC
Brown tent-making batUroderma magnirostrum164 000 000LC
White-bellied big-eared batMicronycteris minuta162 000 000LC
White-bellied big-eared batMicronycteris minuta162 000 000LC
Hoary batLasiurus cinereus161 000 000LC
Tent-making batUroderma bilobatum160 000 000LC
Long-tongued fruit batMacroglossus sobrinus159 000 000LC
Nepal myotisMyotis nipalensis159 000 000LC
Schmidts's big-eared batMicronycteris schmidtorum158 000 000LC
Colombian bonneted batEumops trumbulli157 000 000LC
Mato Grosso dog-faced batNeoplatymops mattogrossensis157 000 000LC
Dwarf dog-faced batMolossops temminckii157 000 000LC
Velvety fruit-eating batEnchisthenes hartii155 000 000LC
White-winged dog-like batPeropteryx leucoptera154 000 000LC
Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed batSaccolaimus flaviventris154 000 000LC
Little brown batMyotis lucifugus151 000 000EN
Finlayson's cave batVespadelus finlaysoni151 000 000LC
Pygmy round-eared batLophostoma brasiliense149 000 000LC
Pygmy round-eared batScotoecus hirundo149 000 000LC
Big-eared woolly batChrotopterus auritus148 000 000LC
Schlieffen's batNycticeinops schlieffeni148 000 000LC
Salvin's big-eyed batChiroderma salvini145 000 000LC
Little collared fruit batMyonycteris torquata147 000 000LC
Little big-eared batMicronycteris megalotis144 000 000LC
Welwitsch's batMyotis welwitschii144 000 000LC
Wagner's mustached batPteronotus personatus144 000 000LC
Shaggy batCentronycteris maximiliani144 000 000LC
Short-palated fruit batCasinycteris argynnis142 000 000LC
White-throated round-eared batLophostoma silvicolum142 000 000LC
Little red flying foxPteropus scapulatus142 000 000LC
Hairy-legged vampire batDiphylla ecaudata140 000 000LC
White-bellied yellow batScotophilus leucogaster141 000 000LC
Eastern greenish yellow batScotophilus viridis139 000 000LC
Greater yellow-shouldered batSturnira magna139 000 000LC
Flat-faced fruit-eating bat Artibeus planirostris138 000 000LC
Peters's Epauletted Fruit BatEpomophorus crypturus138 000 000LC
Peters's disk-winged batThyroptera discifera135 000 000LC
Great woolly horseshoe batRhinolophus luctus134 000 000LC
Great woolly horseshoe batRhinolophus luctus134 000 000LC
Thomas's nectar batLonchophylla thomasi131 000 000LC
Moloney's mimic batMimetillus moloneyi131 000 000LC
Large slit-faced batNycteris grandis131 000 000LC
Greater horseshoe batRhinolophus ferrumequinum130 000 000LC
Intermediate roundleaf batHipposideros larvatus128 000 000LC
Inland broad-nosed batScotorepens balstoni128 000 000LC
Dwarf little fruit batRhinophylla pumilio125 000 000LC
Stripe-headed round-eared batTonatia saurophila125 000 000LC
Ognev's long-eared batPlecotus ognevi124 000 000LC
Northern batPlecotus ognevi121 000 000LC
Chestnut long-tongued batLionycteris spurrelli121 000 000LC
Greater dawn batEonycteris major119 000 000LC
Chestnut short-tailed batCarollia castanea117 000 000LC
Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit batNanonycteris veldkampii117 000 000LC
Bates's slit-faced batNycteris arge115 000 000LC
Brown long-eared batPlecotus auritus114 000 000LC
Pratt's roundleaf batHipposideros pratti113 000 000LC
Common blossom batSyconycteris australis113 000 000LC
Diadem leaf-nosed batHipposideros diadema111 000 000LC
Ikonnikov's batMyotis ikonnikovi110 000 000LC
Ikonnikov's batMyotis ikonnikovi110 000 000LC
Intermediate horseshoe batRhinolophus affinis110 000 000LC
Dusky leaf-nosed batHipposideros ater108 000 000LC
Rusty pipistrellePipistrellus rusticus108 000 000LC
Woermann's batMegaloglossus woermanni106 000 000LC
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit batEpomops Butikofer105 000 000LC
Greenhall's dog-faced batCynomops greenhalli103 000 000LC
Davies's big-eared batGlyphonycteris daviesi103 000 000LC
Wall-roosting mouse-eared batMyotis muricola102 000 000LC
Grey long-eared batPlecotus austriacus102 000 000LC
Hairy big-eared batMicronycteris hirsuta100 000 000LC
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