Chiroptera (Bats)
Suborder: Yangochiroptera (Vespertilioniformes)
Family: Emballonuridae (Sac-winged bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Balantiopteryx infusca | Thomas, 1897 | Brown sac-wing bat, Ecuadorian sac-winged bat | (rediscovered) | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | Rediscovered | Access |
Coleura seychellensis silhouettae | Thomas, 1915 | - | (rediscovered) | Silhouette island, Seychelles | Rediscovered | Access |
Emballonura semicaudata rotensis | Yamashina, 1943 | - | ? | Mariana Islands | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Family: Furipteridae (Smoky bats)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Molossidae (Free-tailed bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Mops gallagheri | (Harrison, 1975) | Gallagher's free-tailed bat | 14 November 1974 or later | Democratic Republic of Congo | Missing | Access |
Otomops formosus | Chasen, 1939 | Java giant mastiff bat, Javan mastiff bat | (rediscovered) | Java, Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Tadarida constantinei | Lawrence, 1960 | Constantine's free-tailed bat | Late Pleistocene | New Mexico, USA | Extinct | Access |
Tomopeas ravus | Miller, 1900 | Blunt-eared bat, Peruvian crevice-dwelling bat | (rediscovered) | Peru | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Mormoopidae (Ghost-faced bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Mormoops magna | Silva-Taboada, 1974 | Giant ghost-faced bat | Holocene? | Cuba and Dominican Republic, Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
Pteronotus pristinus | Silva-Taboada, 1974 | Pristine moustached bat | Holocene? | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
Pteronotus trevorjacksoni | Van den Hoek Ostende, Van Oijen & Donovan, 2018 | - | Late Pleistocene | Jamaica | Extinct | Access |
Pteronotus sp. nov. 'Hispaniola' | - | - | Late Quaternary | Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
Family: Mystacinidae (New Zealand short-tailed bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Mystacina robusta | Dwyer, 1962 | New Zealand greater short-tailed bat, Greater short-tailed bat | April 1965 | North Island, South Island, Big South Cape Island (and others), New Zealand | Extinct | Access |
Family: Myzopodidae (Sucker-footed bats)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Natalidae (Funnel-eared bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Natalus jamaicensis | Goodwin, 1959 | Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat | (rediscovered) | Jamaica | Rediscovered | Access |
Natalus primus | Anthony, 1919 | Cuban greater funnel-eared bat, Cuban yellow bat | (rediscovered) | Isle of Pines, Cuba | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Noctilionidae (Bulldog bats)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Nycteridae (Hollow-faced bats)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phyllostomidae (Leaf-nosed bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Artibeus anthonyi | Woloszyn & Silva Taboda, 1977 | Anthony's leaf-nosed bat | Quaternary | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
Cubanycteris silvai | Mancina & Garcia-Rivera, 2005 | - | Quaternary | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
Desmodus draculae | Morgan, Linares & Ray, 1988 | Giant vampire bat | Holocene? | Central and South America | Extinct | Access |
Desmodus puntajudensis | Woloszyn & Mayo, 1974 | Cuban vampire bat | Holocene? | Cuba | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Desmodus stocki | Jones, 1958 | Stock's vampire bat | c.1000 BC | USA | Extinct | Access |
Ectophylla alba | H. Allen, 1892 | Honduran white bat, White bat | (rediscovered) | Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua & Panama | Rediscovered | Access |
Gardnerycteris koepckeae | (Gardner & Patton, 1972) | Koepcke's hairy-nosed bat | (rediscovered) | Departamento de Ayacucho, Peru | Rediscovered | Access |
Macrotus waterhousii waterhousii | Gray, 1843 | Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat | ? | Anguilla & Puerto Rico | Extinct | Access |
Monophyllus plethodon frater | Anthony, 1917 | Puerto Rican long-nosed bat | Holocene? | Puerto Rico | Extinct | Access |
Phyllonycteris aphylla | Miller, 1898 | Jamaican flower bat, Jamaican long-tongued bat | (rediscovered) | Jamaica | Rediscovered | Access |
Phyllonycteris major | Anthony, 1917 | Puerto Rican flower bat, Puerto Rican long-tongued bat | Holocene? | Antingua, Lesser Antilles & Puerto Rico | Extinct | Access |
Phyllonycteris obtusa | Miller, 1929 | Haitian long-tongued bat, Hispaniola flower bat | (rediscovered) | Haiti, Hispaniola | Rediscovered | Access |
Phyllops falcatus haitiensis | Allen, 1908 | Hispaniolan fig-eating bat | 3 August 1976 | Hispaniola | Extant? | Access |
Phyllops silvai | Suárez & Diaz-Franco, 2003 | Silva's fig-eating bat | 20,050 to 21,474 yBP | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
Phyllops vetus | Anthony, 1917 | Cuban fig-eating bat, Lesser falcate-winged bat | Holocene? | Cuba and Isle of Pines | Extinct | Access |
Stenoderma rufum anthonyi | Choate & Birney, 1968 | Anthony's red fruit bat, Anthony's red fig-eating bat | Holocene? | Puerto Rico | Extinct | Access |
Stenoderma rufum rufum | Desmarest, 1820 | Red fig-eating bat, Desmarest's red fruit bat | (rediscovered) | St. John & St. Thomas, Virgin Islands | Rediscovered | Access |
Sturnira thomasi vulcanensis | Genoways, 1998 | - | (rediscovered) | Montserrat, Lesser Antilles | Rediscovered | Access |
Tonatia saurophila saurophila | Koopman & Williams, 1951 | Stripe-headed round-eared bat | Late Pleistocene or Holocene | Jamaica | Extinct | Access |
Family: Thyropteridae (Disk-winged bats)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Vespertilionidae (Vesper bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Corynorhinus tetralophodon | Handley, 1955 | - | Late Pleistocene? | Mexico | Extinct | Access |
Glauconycteris superba | (Hayman, 1939) | Pied butterfly bat, Superb butterfly bat, Pied bat, Badger bat | (rediscovered) | Africa | Rediscovered | Access |
Glischropus javanus | Chasen, 1939 | Javan thick-thumbed bat | (rediscovered) | Java, Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Harpiola grisea | (Peters, 1872) | Peter's tube-nosed bat | (rediscovered) | India | Rediscovered | Access |
Histiotus alienus |
Thomas, 1916 | Strange big-eared brown bat | (rediscovered) | Paraná & Santa Catarina states, southern Brazil | Rediscovered | Access |
Kerivoula africana | Dobson, 1878 | Tanzanian woolly bat | (rediscovered) | Tanzania | Rediscovered | Access |
Kerivoula oreias | Temminck, 1840 | Singapore whiskered bat, Singaporese whiskered myotis | 1840 or before | "Singapore" | Unresolved | Access |
Murina tenebrosa | Yoshiyuki, 1970 | Gloomy tube-nosed bat, Tsushima tube-nosed bat | 1962 | Tsushima Island (& Yaku[sima] Island?), Japan | Extinct | Access |
Myotis australis | Dobson, 1878 | Small-footed myotis, Australian myotis, Small-footed bat | 1878 or before | "New South Wales", Australia | Doubtfully valid | Access |
Myotis bechsteini intermedius | Rybář, 1976 | - | Holocene | Slovakia? | Extinct | Access |
Myotis bucharensis | Kuzyakin, 1950 | Bocharic myotis, Bocharic bat, Bokhara whiskered bat | 1950's or later | Afghanistan, Tajikstan & Uzbekistan | Missing | Access |
Myotis cinnamomeus | (Miller, 1902) | Cinnamon myotis | (rediscovered) | Mexico | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Myotis diminutus | Moratelli & Wilson, 2011 | - | 1979 | Ecuador | Missing | Access |
Myotis evotis milleri | Elliot, 1903 | Miller's myotis | ? | Baja California, Mexico | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Myotis hajastanicus | Argyropula, 1939 | Armenian whiskered bat, Hajastan myotis | (rediscovered) | Sevan Lake basin, Armenia | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Myotis insularum |
(Dobson, 1878) | Insular myotis | 1878 or before | Samoa? | Missing or invalid (synonym) | Access |
Myotis planiceps | Baker, 1955 | Flat-headed myotis, Mexican flat-headed bat | (rediscovered) | Mexico | Rediscovered | Access |
Myotis rectidentis | Choate & Hall, 1967 | Straight-toothed myotis | c.11,900 BC | New Mexico & Texas, USA | Extinct | Access |
Nycticeius influatus | Thomas, 1924 | Hughenden broad-nosed bat, Wilkin's broad-nosed bat | 1923 or later | central Queensland, Australia | Extinct | Access |
Nyctophilus howensis | McKean, 1975 | Lord Howe long-eared bat | pre-1972 | Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia | Extinct | Access |
Nyctophilus timoriensis |
E. Geoffroy, 1806 | Greater long-eared bat | (rediscovered) | Timor | Rediscovered | Access |
Pharotis imogene | Thomas, 1914 | New Guinea big-eared bat, Thomas's big-eared bat | (rediscovered) | New Guinea | Rediscovered | Access |
Phoniscus papuensis | (Dobson, 1878) | Golden-tipped bat, Eastern forest bat | (rediscovered) | Australia, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea | Local rediscovery? | Access |
Pipistrellus murrayi | Andrews, 1900 | Christmas Island pipistrelle | 27 August 2009 | Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia (politically) | Extinct | Access |
Pipistrellus sturdeei | Thomas, 1915 | Sturdee’s pipistrelle, Bonin pipistrelle, Ogasawara oil bat | 1915 or before | "Hahajima Island" [Ogasawara (=Bonin) Islands, Japan] | Unresolved | Access |
Scotophilus borbonicus | Geoffroy, 1803 | Lesser yellow bat, Pale house bat, Réunion house bat, Upland bat | 1800's (1868 or later) | Madagascar & Réunion, Mascarene Islands | Unresolved | Access |
Synemporion keana | Ziegler, Howarth and Simmons, 2016 | Hawaii lesser bat, Lava-tube bat | Late Pleistocene | Hawai'i, Maui and Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | Access |
Family: incertae sedis
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Boryptera alba | Brial, 2001 | Bory's white bat | pre-1805 | Réunion, Mascarene Islands | Hypothetical | Access |
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera (Pteropodiformes)
Family: Craseonycteridae (Kitti's hog-nosed bat)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Hipposideridae (Old World leaf-nosed bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Hipposideros coronatus | (Peters, 1871) | Large Mindanao leaf-nosed bat, Large Mindanao roundleaf bat | (rediscovered) | Philippines | Rediscovered | Access |
Hipposideros hypophyllus | Kock & Bhat, 1994 | Kolar leaf-nosed bat, Leafletted leaf-nosed bat | (rediscovered) | Kolar District, Karnataka, India | Rediscovered | Access |
Hipposideros marisae | Aellen, 1954 | Aellen's roundleaf bat | (rediscovered) | Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea & Liberia | Rediscovered | Access |
Hipposideros ridleyi | Robinson & Kloss, 1911 | Ridley's leaf-nosed bat, Ridley's roundleaf bat, Singapore roundleaf horseshoe bat | (rediscovered) | Borneo (Brunei Darussalam) | Rediscovered | Access |
?Hipposideros sp. nov.(?) 'New Caledonia' | - | - | Holocene | New Caledonia | Potentially distinct | Access |
Macronycteris besaoka | (Samonds, 2007) | Big chin horseshoe bat | Late Pleistocene | Madagascar (northwestern) | Extinct | Access |
Paracoelops megalotis | Dorst, 1947 | Vietnamese leaf-nosed bat, Funnel-eared leafnosed bat | post-1945 | central Vietnam | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Paratriaenops goodmani | (Samonds, 2007) | Goodman's triaenops bat, Goodman's leaf-nosed bat | Late Pleistocene | Madagascar (northwestern) | Extinct | Access |
Family: Megadermatidae (false vampires)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pteropodidae (megabats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Acerodon humilis | Andersen, 1909 | Talaud fruit bat, Talaud acerodon, Talaud flying fox, Talaud Islands flying fox | (rediscovered) | Salebabu & Karekaleng, Talaud Islands, Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Acerodon jubatus lucifer | Elliot, 1896 | Panay giant fruit bat, Panay golden-crowned flying fox | 16 April 1892 | Panay, Philippines | Validity disputed | Access |
Aproteles bulmerae | Menzies, 1977 | Bulmer's fruit bat | (rediscovered) | New Guinea | Rediscovered | Access |
Dobsonia chapmani | Rabor, 1952 | Negros naked-backed fruit bat, Philippine Bare-backed fruit bat | (rediscovered) | Cebu & Negros, Philippines | Rediscovered | Access |
Epomophorus pousarguesi | Trouessart, 1904 | - | (rediscovered) | Central African Republic | Rediscovered | Access |
Latidens salimalii | Thonglongya, 1972 | Salim Ali's fruit bat | (rediscovered) | Kerala & Tamil Nadu, India | Rediscovered | Access |
Neopteryx frosti | Hayman, 1946 | Small-toothed fruit bat | (rediscovered) | Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Nyctimene malaitensis | Phillips, 1968 | Malaita tube-nosed bat, Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat | (rediscovered) | Malaita & San Cristobal, Solomon Islands | Rediscovered | Access |
Nyctimene sanctacrucis | Troughton, 1931 | Nendö tube-nosed bat, Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat | 1907 | Santa Cruz Islands (probably Nendö), Solomon Islands | Extinct | Access |
Pteralopex anceps | Andersen, 1909 | Bougainville monkey-faced bat | (rediscovered) | Bougainville, Papua New Guinea & Choiseul, Solomon Islands | Rediscovered | Access |
Pteralopex atrata | Thomas, 1888 | Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat, Cusp-toothed monkey-faced bat, Cusp-toothed fruit bat, Cusp-toothed flying fox | (rediscovered) | Solomon Islands | Rediscovered | Access |
Pteralopex pulchra | Flannery, 1991 | Montane monkey-faced bat | 17 May 1990 | Mount Makarakomburu (southern slopes), Guadacanal, Solomon Islands | Missing | Access |
Pteropus allenorum | Helgen, Helgen & Wilson, 2009 | Small Samoan flying fox | 1856 | Samoa | Extinct | Access |
Pteropus argentatus | (Gray, 1844) | Ambon flying-fox, Ambon flying fox, Silvery fruit bat | 1844 or before | Ambon, Indonesia | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Pteropus aruensis | Peters, 1867 | Aru flying fox | 1800's | Aru Islands, Indonesia | Unresolved | Access |
Pteropus brunneus | Dobson, 1878 | Dusky flying fox, Percy Island flying fox | 1859 or 1874 | Percy Islands, Queensland, Australia | Validity disputed | Access |
Pteropus coxi | Helgen, Helgen & Wilson, 2009 | Large Samoan flying fox | 1838-1841 | Samoa | Extinct | Access |
Pteropus gilliardorum | Van Deusen, 1969 | Gilliard's flying fox | (rediscovered) | Papua New Guinea | Rediscovered | Access |
Pteropus livingstonii |
Gray, 1866 | Comoro black flying fox, Comoro flying fox, Livingstone's fruit bat | (rediscovered) | Anjouan and Mohéli, Comoros, western Indian Ocean | Rediscovered | Access |
Pteropus loochoensis | Gray, 1870 | Okinawa flying fox, Japanese flying fox, Greater loochoo fruit bat | 1800's | Okinawa (=Nansei-Shoto), Japan? | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Pteropus nitendiensis | Sanborn, 1930 | Temotu flying fox | (rediscovered) | Nendö and Tömotu Neo, southern Solomon Islands | Rediscovered | Access |
Pteropus pilosus | Andersen, 1908 | Large Palau flying fox, Large Pelew flying fox, Belau fruit bat | 1874 or before | Palau Islands (=Pelew Islands = Belau), Caroline Islands, Micronesia | Extinct | Access |
Pteropus subniger | Kerr, 1792 | Lesser Mascarene flying fox, Small Mauritian flying fox, Dark flying fox, Rougette | 1862 | Mauritius & Réunion, Mascarene Islands | Extinct | Access |
Pteropus tokudae | Tate, 1934 | Guam fruit bat, Guam flying fox, Little Marianas fruit bat, Tokuda's fruit bat, Tokuda's flying fox, Fanihi (local Chamorro name) | 1960's or 1970's | Guam, Marianas Islands (=Marianne Islands) (southern), USA | Extinct | Access |
Pteropus tuberculatus | Peters, 1869 | Vanikoro flying fox | (rediscovered) | Vanikoro (=Vanikolo), Santa Cruz Group, Solomon Islands | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Rhinolophus adami | Aellen & Brosset, 1968 | Adam's horseshoe bat | 1968 or before | Kouilou, Democratic Republic of Congo | Missing | Access |
Rhinolophus cornutus miyakonis | Kuroda, 1924 | Miyako horseshoe bat, Little Japanese horseshoe bat | 1971 | Miyako-jima, Miyako Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | Extinct | Access |
Rhinolophus hilli |
Aellen, 1973 | Hill's horseshoe bat | (rediscovered) | Rwanda | Rediscovered | Access |
Rhinolophus maclaudi | Pousargues, 1897 | Maclaud's horseshoe bat | (rediscovered) | Guinea | Rediscovered | Access |
Rhinolophus mitratus | Blyth, 1844 | Mitred horseshoe bat | 1844 | Bihar, India | Extinct | Access |
Rhinolophus montanus | Goodwin, 1979 | Timorese horseshoe bat | 1979 | Timor-Leste | Missing | Access |
Rhinolophus osgoodi | Sanborn, 1939 | Osgood's horseshoe bat | (rediscovered) | Yunnan Province, China | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Rhinopomatidae (mouse-tailed bats)
—No subordinate taxa
Appendix 1: Mysterious species
"Nycticeius" aenobarbus (Temminck’s mysterious bat) [single known specimen (pre-1841), possibly a new genus, continent unknown]