List of recently extinct bats
This is a list of bat species that have become extinct since 1500. As of 2025 this includes 12 species and subspecies, with more possibly extinct and/or critically endangered.
Extinct bat species
[Yinpterochiroptera]
Pteropodidae">Megabat">Pteropodidae
[Pteropodinae]
- Acerodon
- * Panay golden-crowned flying fox, Acerodon jubatus lucifer
- Pteropus
- * Small Samoan flying fox, Pteropus allenorum
- * Dusky flying fox, Pteropus brunneus
- * Large Samoan flying fox, Pteropus coxi
- * Large Palau flying fox, Pteropus pilosus
- * Small Mauritian flying fox, Pteropus subniger
- * Guam flying fox, ''Pteropus tokudae''
[Yangochiroptera]
Phyllostomidae">Leaf-nosed bat">Phyllostomidae
Desmodontinae">Vampire bat">Desmodontinae
- Desmodus
- * Giant vampire bat, ''Desmodus draculae''
[Glossophaginae]
- Monophyllus
- * Puerto Rican long-nosed bat, ''Monophyllus plethodon frater''
[Stenodermatinae]
- Artibeus
- * Anthony's fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus anthonyi''
[Vespertilionidae]
[Vespertilioninae]
- Pipistrellus
- * Christmas Island pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi
- * Sturdee's pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus sturdeei''
Possibly extinct bat species
[Yinpterochiroptera]
Pteropodidae">Megabat">Pteropodidae
[Nyctimeninae]
- Nyctimene
- * Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat, ''Nyctimene santacrucis''
[Pteropodinae]
- Pteralopex
- * Montane monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex pulchra
- Pteropus
- * Aru flying fox, Pteropus aruensis
- * Okinawa flying fox, ''Pteropus loochoensis''
[Yangochiroptera]
[Mystacinidae]
- Mystacina
- * New Zealand greater short-tailed bat, ''Mystacina robusta''
[Vespertilionidae]
[Murininae]
- Murina
- * Gloomy tube-nosed bat, ''Murina tenebrosa''
[Myotinae]
- Myotis
- * Insular myotis, ''Myotis insularum''
[Vespertilioninae]
- Nyctophilus
- *Lord Howe long-eared bat, Nyctophilus howensis
- Scotophilus
- *Lesser yellow bat, ''Scotophilus borbonicus''