In Southeast Asia, bats constitute approximately 30% of the region’s mammal species and as many as half of all mammal species in the tropical rainforest ecoregions. Moreover, SEA supports nearly 30% of world’s bat fauna. Of the 330 species identified in SEA, 197 are endemic to the region, making SEA crucial for international bat conservation.

Listed below are a small fraction of the numerous bat species found in Southeast Asia:

Malayan Slit-faced Bat (Micro)

Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat (Micro)

Pearson’s horseshoe bat

Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat

Blanford’s Fruit Bat (Mega)

Temminck’s Tailless Fruit Bat (Mega)

Ratanaworabhan’s Fruit Bat (Mega)

Lesser Dawn Bat (Mega)
All photos are used with the permission of ©PS: Mr Pipat Soisook, Bat Research Unit, Department of Biology, Prince of Songkla University