Country rankings
Bat Population by Country
Indonesia has the highest Bat Species (225), followed by Colombia (217) and Ecuador (173). Anguilla has the lowest (1).
Environment182 countries · 1 metricUpdated Nov 12, 2024Original page
23 sources
- A systematic revision of the bats (Chiroptera) of Honduras: an updated checklist with corroboration of historical specimens and new records - Pen Soft
- Exploring the relationship between bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and ectoparasitic flies (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea) of the Orinoquia Region in South America - Pensoft
- Evaluation of Awareness, Behavioral Practices, and Risks Associated with Human-Bat Interactions in Kilobero and Mvomero Districts, Tanzania - SUA Digital Library
- Bat Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation in Zambia - Rufford Foundation
- First records of 10 bat species in Guyana and comments on diversity of bats in Iwokrama Forest - ResearchGate
- The distribution of species from seven bat families in the Philippines - ResearchGate
- A tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a neotropical cloud forest in Panama - Parasite Journal
- Two Yellow Bat Species Found - National Geographic
- Most bat species by country - Guinness World Records
- Mammals of Ecuador - Galapagos Unbound
- Ten bat species new to Nigeria - Conservation Leadership Programme
- Species richness and community structure of bats along a forest elevational transect in Papua New Guinea - BioRxiv
- Species diversity of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Assam, Northeast India - Wildlife Biodiversity
- Bat species in your state - PS Country Crafts
- Assessing the distribution of a species-rich group in a continental-sized megadiverse country: Bats in Brazil - Wiley Online Library
- Bat diversity in three roosts in the Coast region of Oaxaca, México - Neotropical Conservation
- Human-Bat Interactions in Rural Southwestern Madagascar through a Biocultural Lens - Sage Journals
- Virome analysis of two sympatric bat species (Desmodus rotundus and Molossus molossus) in French Guiana - PLOS ONE
- Discovery of new bat species at Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique - Gorongosa
- A review of bat research in Thailand with eight new species records for the country - Academia
- Taxonomic revision and additional comments of some bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) reported from Bolivia, with an updated checklist based on voucher material with verified identities - Pensoft Checklist
- Australian Bats - Australian Museum
- Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat - Animalia
Bat SpeciesBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 182 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
28.5
Middle half 17 – 61.5
Average
44.34
182 countries
Highest
225
Indonesia
Lowest
1
Anguilla
Data
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182 countries · # = rank by Bat Species
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Pearson r against 1,402 other country metrics sharing at least 110 countries. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Bat Species?
- Indonesia has the highest Bat Species, at 225, followed by Colombia (217) and Ecuador (173).
- Which country has the lowest Bat Species?
- Anguilla has the lowest Bat Species, at 1.
- What is the median Bat Species across countries?
- The median is 28.5 across the 182 countries with data.
- Where does this bat population by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: A systematic revision of the bats (Chiroptera) of Honduras: an updated checklist with corroboration of historical specimens and new records - Pen Soft; Exploring the relationship between bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and ectoparasitic flies (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea) of the Orinoquia Region in South America - Pensoft; Evaluation of Awareness, Behavioral Practices, and Risks Associated with Human-Bat Interactions in Kilobero and Mvomero Districts, Tanzania - SUA Digital Library; Bat Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation in Zambia - Rufford Foundation.