page_title: List of mammals of Papua New Guinea
section_title: Order: Chiroptera (bats)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Papua New Guinea / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Chiroptera (bats)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Papua New Guinea. There are 244 mammal species in Papua New Guinea, of which seven are critically endangered, twelve are endangered and forty are vulnerable.
context_section_description: The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
  Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
  Subfamily: Pteropodinae
  Genus: Aproteles
  Bulmer's fruit bat, Aproteles bulmerae CR
  Genus: Dobsonia
  Lesser naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia minor LR/nt
  Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia moluccensis LR/lc
  Panniet naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia pannietensis LR/lc
  New Britain naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia praedatrix LR/nt
  Genus: Nyctimene
  Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene aello LR/nt
  Common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer LR/lc
  Pallas's tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene cephalotes LR/lc
  Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene certans LR/nt
  Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene cyclotis LR/nt
  Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene draconilla VU
  Island tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene major LR/lc
  Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene masalai VU
  Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene vizcaccia LR/lc
  Genus: Paranyctimene
  Unstriped tube-nosed bat, Paranyctimene raptor LR/nt
  Genus: Pteralopex
  Bougainville monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex anceps CR
  Genus: Pteropus
  Admiralty flying-fox, Pteropus admiralitatum LR/lc
  Black flying-fox, Pteropus alecto LR/lc
  Spectacled flying-fox, Pteropus conspicillatus LR/lc
  Gilliard's flying-fox, Pteropus gilliardorum VU
  Small flying-fox, Pteropus hypomelanus LR/lc
  Big-eared flying fox, Pteropus macrotis LR/lc
  Lesser flying-fox, Pteropus mahaganus VU
  Bismarck flying-fox, Pteropus neohibernicus LR/lc
  Little red flying-fox, Pteropus scapulatus LR/lc
  Temminck's flying fox, Pteropus temminckii LR/nt
  Insular flying-fox, Pteropus tonganus LR/lc
  Genus: Rousettus
  Geoffroy's rousette, Rousettus amplexicaudatus LR/lc
  Subfamily: Macroglossinae
  Genus: Macroglossus
  Long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus LR/lc
  Genus: Melonycteris
  Black-bellied fruit bat, Melonycteris melanops LR/lc
  Genus: Syconycteris
  Common blossom-bat, Syconycteris australis LR/lc
  Moss-forest blossom bat, Syconycteris hobbit VU
  Family: Vespertilionidae
  Subfamily: Kerivoulinae
  Genus: Kerivoula
  St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat, Kerivoula agnella VU
  Fly River trumpet-eared bat, Kerivoula muscina VU
  Bismarck's trumpet-eared bat, Kerivoula myrella VU
  Genus: Phoniscus
  Golden-tipped bat, Phoniscus papuensis LR/lc
  Subfamily: Myotinae
  Genus: Myotis
  Large-footed bat, Myotis adversus LR/lc
  Peters's myotis, Myotis atra LR/lc
  Whiskered myotis, Myotis muricola LR/lc
  Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
  Genus: Chalinolobus
  Hoary wattled bat, Chalinolobus nigrogriseus LR/lc
  Genus: Nycticeius
  Northern broad-nosed bat, Nycticeius sanborni LR/lc
  Genus: Nyctophilus
  Eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus bifax LR/lc
  Gould's long-eared bat, Nyctophilus gouldi LR/lc
  Small-toothed long-eared bat, Nyctophilus microdon VU
  New Guinea long-eared bat, Nyctophilus microtis LR/lc
  Greater long-eared bat, Nyctophilus timoriensis VU
  Genus: Pharotis
  New Guinea big-eared bat, Pharotis imogene CR
  Genus: Philetor
  Rohu's bat, Philetor brachypterus LR/lc
  Genus: Pipistrellus
  Angulate pipistrelle, Pipistrellus angulatus LR/lc
  Greater Papuan pipistrelle, Pipistrellus collinus LR/lc
  Lesser Papuan pipistrelle, Pipistrellus papuanus LR/nt
  Watt's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus wattsi LR/nt
  Subfamily: Murininae
  Genus: Murina
  Flores tube-nosed bat, Murina florium LR/lc
  Subfamily: Miniopterinae
  Genus: Miniopterus
  Western bent-winged bat, Miniopterus magnater LR/lc
  Intermediate long-fingered bat, Miniopterus medius LR/lc
  Schreibers' long-fingered bat, Miniopterus schreibersii LC
  Great bent-winged bat, Miniopterus tristis LR/lc
  Family: Molossidae
  Genus: Chaerephon
  Northern freetail bat, Chaerephon jobensis LR/lc
  Genus: Mormopterus
  Beccari's mastiff bat, Mormopterus beccarii LR/lc
  Southern free-tailed bat, Mormopterus planiceps LR/lc
  Genus: Otomops
  Big-eared mastiff bat, Otomops papuensis VU
  Mantled mastiff bat, Otomops secundus VU
  Genus: Tadarida
  White-striped free-tailed bat, Tadarida australis LR/nt
  Family: Emballonuridae
  Genus: Emb
caption: Little red flying-fox
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