A Checklist of Bats of China
| Family | Scientific name | Common name | IUCN | RLCV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emballonuridae | Taphozous melanopogon | Black-bearded Tomb Bat | LC | LC |
| Emballonuridae | Taphozous theobaldi | Theobald's Tomb Bat | LC | NT |
| Hipposideridae | Aselliscus stoliczkanus | Stoliczka's Asian Trident Bat | LC | NT |
| Hipposideridae | Coelops frithii | Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat | NT | VU |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros armiger | Greater Leaf-nosed Bat | LC | LC |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros cineraceus | Ashy Leaf-nosed Bat | LC | NT |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros fulvus | Fulvus Leaf-nosed Bat | LC | DD |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros gentilis | Andersen's Leaf-nosed Bat | LC | LC |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros larvatus | Horsfield's Leaf-nosed Bat | LC | LC |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros lylei | Shield-faced Leaf-nosed Bat | LC | VU |
| Hipposideridae | Hipposideros pratti | Pratt's Roundleaf Bat | LC | NT |
| Megadermatidae | Lyroderma lyra | Greater False Vampire Bat | LC | VU |
| Megadermatidae | Megaderma spasma | Lesser False Vampire Bat | LC | DD |
| Miniopteridae | Miniopterus fuliginosus | Asian Bent-winged Bat | NE | NT |
| Miniopteridae | Miniopterus magnater | Greater Bent-winged Bat | LC | NT |
| Miniopteridae | Miniopterus pusillus | Lesser Bent-winged Bat | LC | NT |
| Molossidae | Mops plicatus | Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat | LC | LC |
| Molossidae | Tadarida insignis | East Asian Free-tailed Bat | DD | NT |
| Molossidae | Tadarida latouchei | La Touche's Free-tailed Bat | EN | NT |
| Pteropodidae | Cynopterus brachyotis | Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat | LC | VU |
| Pteropodidae | Cynopterus sphinx | Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat | LC | NT |
| Pteropodidae | Eonycteris spelaea | Lesser Dawn Bat | LC | VU |
| Pteropodidae | Macroglossus sobrinus | Hill Long-nosed Fruit Bat | LC | EN |
| Pteropodidae | Megaerops ecaudatus | Tailless Fruit Bat | LC | DD |
| Pteropodidae | Megaerops niphanae | Ratanaworabhan's Fruit Bat | LC | DD |
| Pteropodidae | Pteropus dasymallus | Ryukyu Flying Fox | VU | EN |
| Pteropodidae | Rousettus amplexicaudatus | Geoffroy's Rousette | LC | VU |
| Pteropodidae | Rousettus leschenaultii | Leschenault's Rousette | NT | LC |
| Pteropodidae | Sphaerias blanfordi | Blanford's Fruit Bat | LC | VU |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus affinis | Intermediate Horseshoe Bat | LC | LC |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus ferrumequinum | Greater Horseshoe Bat | LC | LC |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus formosae | Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat | LC | NT |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus lepidus | Blyth's Horseshoe Bat | LC | NT |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus luctus | Great Woolly Horsehoe Bat | LC | NT |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus macrotis | Big-eared Horseshoe Bat | LC | LC |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus malayanus | Malayan Horseshoe Bat | LC | NE |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus marshalli | Marshall's Horseshoe Bat | LC | NT |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus monoceros | Formosan Least Horseshoe Bat | NE | VU |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus osgoodi | Osgood's Horseshoe Bat | LC | DD |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus pearsonii | Pearson's Horseshoe Bat | LC | LC |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus pusillus | Least Horseshoe Bat | LC | LC |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus rex | King Horseshoe Bat | EN | NT |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus schnitzleri | Schnitzler's Horseshoe Bat | DD | DD |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus siamensis | Thai Horseshoe Bat | LC | NE |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus sinicus | Chinese Horseshoe Bat | LC | LC |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus stheno | Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat | LC | NT |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus thomasi | Thomas's Horseshoe Bat | LC | NT |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus xinanzhongguoensis | Middle Kingdom Horseshoe Bat | NT | DD |
| Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus yunanensis | Dobson's Horseshoe Bat | LC | VU |
| Vespertilionidae | Arielulus circumdatus | Bronze Sprite | LC | VU |
| Vespertilionidae | Barbastella beijingensis | Beijing Barbastelle | DD | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Barbastella darjelingensis | Darjeeling Barbastelle | LC | VU |
| Vespertilionidae | Eptesicus gobiensis | Gobi Serotine | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Eptesicus nilssonii | Northern Serotine | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Eptesicus pachyomus | Oriental Serotine | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Eptesicus pachyotis | Thick-eared Serotine | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Eudiscopus denticulus | Disk-footed Bat | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Harpiocephalus harpia | Hairy-winged Bat | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Harpiola isodon | Golden-tipped Tube-nosed Bat | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Hypsugo affinis | Chocolate Pipistrelle | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Hypsugo alaschanicus | Alashanian Pipistrelle | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Hypsugo cadornae | Cadorna's Pipistrelle | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Hypsugo mordax | Pungent Pipistrelle | NE | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Hypsugo pulveratus | Chinese Pipistrelle | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Hypsugo savii | Savi's Pipistrelle | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Ia io | Great Evening Bat | NT | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Kerivoula furva | Dark Woolly Bat | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Kerivoula kachinensis | Kachin Woolly Bat | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Kerivoula picta | Painted Woolly Bat | NT | EN |
| Vespertilionidae | Kerivoula titania | Titania's Woolly Bat | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina aurata | Little Tube-nosed Bat | DD | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina bicolor | Yellow-chested Tube-nosed Bat | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina chrysochaetes | Golden-haired Tube-nosed Bat | DD | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina cyclotis | Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina eleryi | Elery's Tube-nosed Bat | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina fanjingshanensis | Fanjingshan Tube-nosed Bat | NE | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina feae | Fea's Tube-nosed Bat | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina fusca | Dusky Tube-nosed Bat | DD | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina gracilis | Taiwanese Litte Tube-nosed Bat | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina harrisoni | Harrison's Tube-nosed Bat | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina hilgendorfi | Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina huttoni | Hutton's Tube-nosed Bat | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina jinchui | Jinchu's Tube-nosed Bat | NE | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina leucogaster | Rufous Tube-nosed Bat | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina liboensis | Libo Tube-nosed Bat | NE | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina lorelieae | Lorelie's Tube-nosed Bat | DD | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina puta | Taiwanese Tube-nosed Bat | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina recondita | Faint-golden Little Tube-nosed Bat | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina rongjiangensis | Rongjiang Tube-nosed Bat | NE | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina shuipuensis | Shuipu's Tube-nosed Bat | DD | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina ussuriensis | Ussurian Tube-nosed Bat | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Murina yushuensis | Yushu Tube-nosed Bat | NE | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis altarium | Szechwan Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis annectans | Hairy-faced Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis badius | Bay Myotis | DD | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis blythii | Lesser Mouse-eared Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis bombinus | Far Eastern Myotis | NT | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis brandtii | Brandt's Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis chinensis | Chinese Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis dasycneme | Pond Myotis | NT | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis davidii | David's Myotis | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis fimbriatus | Fringed Long-footed Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis formosus | Hodgson's Myotis | NT | VU |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis frater | Fraternal Myotis | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis hasseltii | Lesser Large-footed Myotis | LC | VU |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis horsfieldii | Horsfield's Myotis | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis ikonnikovi | Ikonnikov's Myotis | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis indochinensis | Indochinese Myotis | DD | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis laniger | Chinese Water Myotis | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis longipes | Kashmir Cave Myotis | DD | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis macrodactylus | Big-footed Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis montivagus | Burmese Whiskered Myotis | DD | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis muricola | Nepalese Whiskered Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis nipalensis | Nepal Myotis | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis pequinius | Peking Myotis | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis petax | Eastern Water Myotis | LC | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis pilosus | Rickett's Big-footed Myotis | VU | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis rufoniger | Reddish-black Myotis | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis siligorensis | Himalayan Whiskered Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Nyctalus aviator | Birdlike Noctule | NT | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Nyctalus noctula | Common Noctule | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Nyctalus plancyi | Chinese Noctule | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Pipistrellus abramus | Japanese Pipistrelle | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Pipistrellus ceylonicus | Kelaart's Pipistrelle | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Pipistrellus coromandra | Indian Pipistrelle | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Pipistrellus javanicus | Javan Pipistrelle | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Pipistrellus paterculus | Mount Popa Pipistrelle | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Pipistrellus pipistrellus | Common Pipistrelle | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Pipistrellus tenuis | Least Pipistrelle | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Plecotus austriacus | Gray Long-eared Bat | NT | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Plecotus ognevi | Ognevi's Long-eared Bat | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Plecotus taivanus | Taiwan Long-eared Bat | NT | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Scotomanes ornatus | Harlequin Bat | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Scotophilus heathii | Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Scotophilus kuhlii | Lesser Asiatic Yellow House Bat | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Submyotodon latirostris | Taiwan broad-muzzled Myotis | LC | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Thainycteris aureocollaris | Collared Sprite | LC | NE |
| Vespertilionidae | Thainycteris torquatus | Necklace Sprite | LC | VU |
| Vespertilionidae | Tylonycteris fulvida | Indiamalayan Bamboo Bat | NE | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Tylonycteris pygmaea | Pygmy Bamboo Bat | NE | DD |
| Vespertilionidae | Tylonycteris tonkinensis | Tonkin Greater Bamboo Bat | NE | NT |
| Vespertilionidae | Vespertilio murinus | Eurasina Particolored Bat | LC | LC |
| Vespertilionidae | Vespertilio sinensis | Asian Particolored Bat | LC | LC |
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Last Review Date: 21/11/2024
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Hong Kong Bat Radar. (21/11/2024). A Checklist of Bats of China. https://hkbatradar.com/en/china_checklist
Hong Kong Bat Radar. (21/11/2024). A Checklist of Bats of China. https://hkbatradar.com/en/china_checklist