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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 (about 0.7% of all bats),[1] with more possibly extinct and/or critically endangered.

Conservation statuses of bats as of 2020 according to the IUCN (1,314 species in total)[1]
  1. Critically endangered (1.60%)
  2. Endangered (6.30%)
  3. Vulnerable (8.30%)
  4. Near-threatened (6.70%)
  5. Least concern (58.0%)
  6. Data deficient (18.4%)
  7. Extinct (0.70%)

Extinct bat species

Small Mauritian flying fox

Possibly extinct bat species

Aru flying fox skull

References

  1. ^ a b "Taxonomy: Chiroptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
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