List of recently extinct bats
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Conservation statuses of bats as of 2020 according to the IUCN (1,314 species in total)[1]
- Critically endangered (1.6%)
- Endangered (6.3%)
- Vulnerable (8.3%)
- Near-threatened (6.7%)
- Least concern (58%)
- Data deficient (18.4%)
- Extinct (0.7%)
This is a list of extinct bat species since 1500. About a dozen species and subspecies of bats (about 0.7% of all bats)[1] have become extinct, with more possibly extinct and critically endangered.
Extinct bat species
[edit]- Acerodon
- Panay golden-crowned flying fox, Acerodon jubatus lucifer (Philippines, 1890s)
- Pteropus
- Small Samoan flying fox, Pteropus allenorum (Samoa, 1850s)
- Dusky flying fox, Pteropus brunneus (Percy Island, Australia, 1874)
- Large Samoan flying fox, Pteropus coxi (Samoa, 1839-1841)
- Large Palau flying fox, Pteropus pilosus (Palau, 1874)
- Small Mauritian flying fox, Pteropus subniger (Mauritius, 1864-1873?)
- Guam flying fox, Pteropus tokudae (Guam, 1968)
- Desmodus
- Giant vampire bat, Desmodus draculae (Central and South America, 1650)
- Monophyllus
- Puerto Rican long-nosed bat, Monophyllus plethodon frater (Puerto Rico, 1850-1900?)
- Artibeus
- Anthony's fruit-eating bat, Artibeus anthonyi (Cuba, Late Quaternary)
- Pipistrellus
- Christmas Island pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi (Christmas Island, Australia, 2009)
- Sturdee's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus sturdeei (Japan, 1889)
Possibly extinct bat species
[edit]- Nyctimene
- Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene santacrucis (Solomon Islands, early 20th century?)
- Pteralopex
- Montane monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex pulchra (Solomon Islands, 1990s)
- Pteropus
- Aru flying fox, Pteropus aruensis (Aru Islands, Indonesia, 19th century)
- Okinawa flying fox, Pteropus loochoensis (Japan, Late Quaternary)
- Mystacina
- New Zealand greater short-tailed bat, Mystacina robusta (New Zealand, 1965)
- Murina
- Gloomy tube-nosed bat, Murina tenebrosa (Japan, 1962)
- Myotis
- Insular myotis, Myotis insularum (Samoa, 1860s?)
- Nyctophilus
- Lord Howe long-eared bat, Nyctophilus howensis (Lord Howe Island, Australia, 1972)
- Scotophilus
- Lesser yellow bat, Scotophilus borbonicus (Madagascar and Reunion, late 19th century)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Taxonomy: Chiroptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 9 February 2025.