Are bats endangered?

Threatened. The world is a dangerous place for bats. ... The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently lists 24 bat species as Critically Endangered, meaning they face an imminent risk of extinction. Fifty-three others are Endangered, and 104 bat species are considered Vulnerable. read more

To advance bat conservation for the world’s most endangered bats, we plan to work collaboratively to launch Rapid Field Assessments where teams comprised of trained experts, including local leadership, undertake targeted inventories to secure the last known roost sites and, hopefully, identify previously unknown populations. read more

Fifty-three others are Endangered, and 104 bat species are considered Vulnerable. Bats also are among the most under-studied of mammals. The IUCN lists 226 bat species as “Data Deficient”– there is simply too little information available to determine their conservation status. read more