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 nameBinomial namePopulationStatusTrendNotesImage
Christmas Island pipistrellePipistrellus murrayi0Believed to be extinct after 2009, when the last call of a bat was recorded.
Jamaican greater funnel-eared batNatalus jamaicensis50Only found in the St. Clair Cave in Jamaica. Population estimate was done in 1970.
Seychelles sheath-tailed batColeura seychellensis50-100Maximum estimate for mature individuals.
Cuban greater funnel-eared batNatalus primus100Maximum estimate. Only found in a single cave.
Bulmer's fruit batAproteles bulmerae137-160Only one colony is known to exist.
Flat-headed myotisMyotis planiceps240Maximum estimate for mature individuals.
Jamaican flower batPhyllonycteris aphylla250Colonies only at Marta Tick Cave and Stony Hill Cave.
Bonin flying foxPteropus pselaphon200-250Maximum estimate.
Arnhem leaf-nosed batHipposideros inornatus300No robust estimates of population size.
New Georgian monkey-faced batPteralopex taki100-3,000 Estimate is for mature individuals.
Canary long-eared batPlecotus teneriffae500 – 2,000
Livingstone's fruit batPteropus livingstonii1,200-1,500175px
Coastal sheath-tailed batTaphozous australis9,000-10,000
New Caledonia wattled batChalinolobus neocaledonicus1,500-2,000Maximum estimate from known colonies.
Azores noctuleNyctalus azoreum2,000 – 5,000175px
Thailand roundleaf batHipposideros halophyllus2,500 – 10,000
Rodrigues flying foxPteropus rodricensis20,000175px
Kitti's hog-nosed batCraseonycteris thonglongyai6,600In Thailand, it is found in 44 caves with estimated population size of 6,487 individuals. In Myanmar, it is found in 8 caves with estimated population size of 3,770 individuals.
Ghost batMacroderma gigas4,000-6,000Totals differ between authors, with some suggesting somewhere between 4,000 - 6,000, and the previous IUCN Red List account containing an estimate of 7,000-9,000 - but all agree that there are less than 10,000 individuals in existence.175px
Comoro rousetteRousettus obliviosus10,000-20,000?
Giant golden-crowned flying foxAcerodon jubatus10,000Rough estimate; probably no more than 20,000.175px
Banana batMusonycteris harrisoni10,000
Pemba flying foxPteropus voeltzkowi19,000Increase from a few hundred in the early 1990s.
Mauritian flying foxPteropus niger37,700Minimum estimate.175px
New Zealand lesser short-tailed batMystacina tuberculata30,000Minimum estimate.
Madagascan flying foxPteropus rufus300,000175px
Grey-headed flying foxPteropus poliocephalus320,000 - 674,000
or
467,000		Estimates are based on incomplete knowledge of camp location and use.175px
Indiana batMyotis sodalis387,300Though 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.175px
Straw-coloured fruit batEidolon helvum1,100,000,000The most heavily harvested bat for bushmeat in West and Central Africa.
Pallas's long-tongued batGlossophaga soricina1,030,000,000
Angolan rousetteMyonycteris angolensis823,000,000
Heller's broad-nosed batPlatyrrhinus helleri733,000,000
Trident batAsellia tridens740,000,000
Great stripe-faced batVampyrodes caraccioli664,000,000?
Franquet's epauletted fruit batEpomops franqueti609,000,000
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit batEpomophorus wahlbergi597,000,000
Lesser mouse-tailed batRhinopoma hardwickii600,000,000
Hairy big-eyed batChiroderma villosum536,000,000
Tilda's yellow-shouldered batSturnira tildae51,000,000
Southern red batLasiurus blossevillii526,000,000?
Brown fruit-eating batArtibeus concolor488,000,000
Greater bulldog batNoctilio leporinus511,000,000---
Egyptian slit-faced batNycteris thebaica503,000,000---
MacConnell's batMesophylla macconnelli473,000,000---
Egyptian fruit batRousettus aegyptiacus489,000,000---
Little big-eyed batChiroderma trinitatum459,000,000---
Gambian epauletted fruit batEpomophorus gambianus466,000,000---
Leschenault's rousetteRousettus leschenaultii446,000,000Data from across the species range suggests an overall decline of ca 25% over the last 15 years.-
SerotineEptesicus serotinus438,000,000---
Geoffroy's rousetteRousettus amplexicaudatus431,000,000---
Short-headed broad-nosed batPlatyrrhinus brachycephalus406,000,000---
Large-eared slit-faced batNycteris macrotis421,000,000---
Hairy slit-faced batNycteris hispida401,000,000--
Greater spear-nosed batPhyllostomus hastatus402,000,000---
Black myotisMyotis nigricans376,000,000---
Dawn batEonycteris spelaea357,000,000--
Black bonneted batEumops auripendulus351,000,000---
Lander's horseshoe batRhinolophus landeri346,000,000---
Greater short-nosed fruit batCynopterus sphinx341,000,000---
Black mastiff batMolossus rufus345,000,000---
Lesser long-eared batNyctophilus geoffroyi336,000,000--
Long-tongued nectar batMacroglossus minimus318,000,000--
Fischer's little fruit batRhinophylla fischerae310,000,000--
Pale spear-nosed batPhyllostomus discolor315,000,000--
White-winged vampire batDiaemus youngi304,000,000--
Tomes's sword-nosed batLonchorhina aurita299,000,000--
Fringe-lipped batTrachops cirrhosus293,000,000--
Broad-eared batNyctinomops laticaudatus289,000,000---
Little white-shouldered batAmetrida centurio273,000,000---
Visored batSphaeronycteris toxophyllum265,000,000---
Riparian myotisMyotis riparius276,000,000--
Lesser dog-like batPeropteryx macrotis274,000,000---
Southern dog-faced batCynomops planirostris272,000,000---
Southern yellow batLasiurus ega276,000,000---
African yellow batScotophilus dinganii276,000,000--
Rüppell's horseshoe batRhinolophus fumigatus255,000,000--
Silver-tipped myotisMyotis albescens246,000,000--
Brazilian brown batEptesicus brasiliensiss249,000,000---
Hammer-headed batHypsignathus monstrosus247,000,000---
Greater Asiatic yellow batScotophilus heathii246,000,000---
Western mastiff batEumops perotis229,000,000---
Lesser Asiatic yellow batScotophilus kuhlii229,000,000---
Lesser dog-faced fruit batCynopterus brachyotis228,000,000---
Lesser woolly batKerivoula lanosa230,000,000---
Wagner's bonneted batEumops glaucinus229,000,000---
Variegated butterfly batGlauconycteris variegata229,000,000---
Noack's roundleaf batHipposideros ruber227,000,000---
Velvety free-tailed batMolossus molossus226,000,000---
Sanborn's bonneted batEumops hansae219,000,000---
Kuhl's pipistrellePipistrellus kuhlii215,000,000---
Argentine brown batEptesicus furinalis213,000,000---
Lesser bulldog batNoctilio albiventris215,000,000---
Great fruit-eating batArtibeus lituratus222,000,000---
Yellow-winged batLavia frons213,000,000--
Lesser sac-winged batSaccopteryx leptura208,000,000---
Seba's short-tailed batCarollia perspicillata219,000,000---
Northern little yellow-eared batVampyressa thyone199,000,000---
Proboscis batRhynchonycteris naso208,000,000---
Pale-faced batPhylloderma stenops219,000,000---
Dark fruit-eating batArtibeus obscurus217,000,000---
Spix's disk-winged batThyroptera tricolor201,000,000---
Coiban mastiff batMolossus coibensis205,000,000---
Long-legged batMacrophyllum macrophyllum199,000,000---
Para dog-faced batCynomops paranus202,000,000---
Cinnamon dog-faced batCynomops abrasus201,000,000---
Northern ghost batDiclidurus albus195,000,000---
Gould's wattled batChalinolobus gouldii193,000,000--
Lesser mouse-eared batMyotis blythii191,000,000--
Common pipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus188,000,000--
Golden batMimon bennettii187,000,000---
Big brown batEptesicus fuscus186,000,000--
Large-eared free-tailed batOtomops martiensseni186,000,000--
Thumbless batFuripterus horrens185,000,000---
Chestnut sac-winged batCormura brevirostris182,000,000---
Greater dog-like batPeropteryx kappleri182,000,000---
Horsfield's fruit batCynopterus horsfieldii180,000,000---
Rufous dog-faced batMolossops neglectus179,000,000---
Little broad-nosed batScotorepens greyii177,000,000---
Lesser spear-nosed batPhyllostomus elongatus176,000,000---
Ethiopian epauletted fruit batEpomophorus labiatus173,000,000---
Natterer's batMyotis nattereri172,000,000--
Geoffroy's tailless batAnoura geoffroyi171,000,000---
Tricolored big-eared batGlyphonycteris sylvestris171,000,000---
Mexican free-tailed batTadarida brasiliensis168,000,000---
Frosted sac-winged batSaccopteryx canescens167,000,000---
Silver-haired batLasionycteris noctivagans165,000,000---
Greater mouse-tailed batRhinopoma microphyllum164,000,000--
Brown tent-making batUroderma magnirostrum164,000,000---
White-bellied big-eared batMicronycteris minuta162,000,000---
Hoary batLasiurus cinereus161,000,000---
Tent-making batUroderma bilobatum160,000,000---
Long-tongued fruit batMacroglossus sobrinus159,000,000---
Nepal myotisMyotis nipalensis159,000,000---
Schmidts's big-eared batMicronycteris schmidtorum158,000,000--
Colombian bonneted batEumops trumbulli157,000,000---
Mato Grosso dog-faced batNeoplatymops mattogrossensis157,000,000---
Dwarf dog-faced batMolossops temminckii157,000,000---
Velvety fruit-eating batEnchisthenes hartii155,000,000---
White-winged dog-like batPeropteryx leucoptera154,000,000---
Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed batSaccolaimus flaviventris154,000,000--
Little brown batMyotis lucifugus151,000,000The best available evidence as of 2021 conservatively predicts a 99% chance of Little Brown Bat extinction in the northeastern U.S. by at least 2026 due to white-nose syndrome.-
Finlayson's cave batVespadelus finlaysoni151,000,000---
Pygmy round-eared batLophostoma brasiliense149,000,000--
Pygmy round-eared batScotoecus hirundo149,000,000---
Big-eared woolly batChrotopterus auritus148,000,000--
Schlieffen's batNycticeinops schlieffeni148,000,000---
Salvin's big-eyed batChiroderma salvini145,000,000---
Little collared fruit batMyonycteris torquata147,000,000---
Little big-eared batMicronycteris megalotis144,000,000---
Welwitsch's batMyotis welwitschii144,000,000---
Wagner's mustached batPteronotus personatus144,000,000--
Shaggy batCentronycteris maximiliani144,000,000---
Short-palated fruit batCasinycteris argynnis142,000,000---
White-throated round-eared batLophostoma silvicolum142,000,000---
Little red flying foxPteropus scapulatus142,000,000---
Hairy-legged vampire batDiphylla ecaudata140,000,000---
White-bellied yellow batScotophilus leucogaster141,000,000---
Eastern greenish yellow batScotophilus viridis139,000,000---
Greater yellow-shouldered batSturnira magna139,000,000---
Flat-faced fruit-eating bat Artibeus planirostris138,000,000---
Peters's Epauletted Fruit BatEpomophorus crypturus138,000,000---
Peters's disk-winged batThyroptera discifera135,000,000---
Great woolly horseshoe batRhinolophus luctus134,000,000---
Thomas's nectar batLonchophylla thomasi131,000,000---
Moloney's mimic batMimetillus moloneyi131,000,000---
Large slit-faced batNycteris grandis131,000,000--
Greater horseshoe batRhinolophus ferrumequinum130,000,000---
Intermediate roundleaf batHipposideros larvatus128,000,000---
Inland broad-nosed batScotorepens balstoni128,000,000--
Dwarf little fruit batRhinophylla pumilio125,000,000---
Stripe-headed round-eared batTonatia saurophila125,000,000---
Ognev's long-eared batPlecotus ognevi124,000,000---
Northern batEptesicus nilssonii121,000,000--
Chestnut long-tongued batLionycteris spurrelli121,000,000---
Greater dawn batEonycteris major119,000,000---
Chestnut short-tailed batCarollia castanea117,000,000---
Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit batNanonycteris veldkampii117,000,000---
Bates's slit-faced batNycteris arge115,000,000--
Brown long-eared batPlecotus auritus114,000,000--
Pratt's roundleaf batHipposideros pratti113,000,000---
Common blossom batSyconycteris australis113,000,000--
Diadem leaf-nosed batHipposideros diadema111,000,000---
Ikonnikov's batMyotis ikonnikovi110,000,000--
Intermediate horseshoe batRhinolophus affinis110,000,000--
Dusky leaf-nosed batHipposideros ater108,000,000---
Rusty pipistrellePipistrellus rusticus108,000,000--
Woermann's batMegaloglossus woermanni106,000,000---
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit batEpomops Butikofer105,000,000---
Greenhall's dog-faced batCynomops greenhalli103,000,000---
Davies's big-eared batGlyphonycteris daviesi103,000,000---
Wall-roosting mouse-eared batMyotis muricola102,000,000---
Grey long-eared batPlecotus austriacus102,000,000--
Hairy big-eared batMicronycteris hirsuta100,000,000'---